Updated: 12:34 AM UK Coach Billy Gillispie Comments On Win Over UT

Updated: 10:44 AM LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - "Billyball" may have finally arrived at Kentucky.

Updated: 12:51 AM Billyball" may have finally arrived at Kentucky. Patrick Patterson scored 20 points and grabbed eight rebounds as the Wildcats knocked off No. 3 Tennessee 72-66 on Tuesday night.

Posted: 3:11 PM RICHMOND, Ky. – Eastern Kentucky University introduced Dean Hood, former Wake Forest and Eastern Kentucky defensive coordinator, as the 13th head coach of the Colonel football program Tuesday afternoon in O’Donnell Hall, Student Services Building Auditorium.

Posted: 12:17 PM BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - Breeders' Cup Classic winner Curlin swept Horse of the Year and 3-year-old male honors at the 37th annual Eclipse Awards on Monday night.

Posted: 9:32 PM Morehead State's co-ed cheerleading squad won its sixth straight Division 1 national title and its 17th overall. The school's all-girl team captured its sixth overall championship and its first since 2005, at the Universal Cheerleaders Association's 2007 College Cheerleading and Dance Team Championships in Orlando.

Posted: 7:49 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Watching tape of his team struggling to stay in front of Florida in a loss to the Gators on Saturday night made Kentucky coach Billy Gillispie "want to throw up."

Posted: 5:02 PM 27 SportsFirst has learned that Wake Forest defensive coordinator Dean Hood will be named the new head football coach at Eastern Kentucky during a news conference scheduled for 2 pm tomorrow at the school.

Updated: 11:23 AM ORLANDO – The University of Kentucky cheerleaders continued their dominance at the Universal Cheer Association National Championships by winning their record 16th title, Sunday at Disney’s Wide World of Sports.

Posted: 4:23 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- Sarah Elliott scored 14 points to lead four Kentucky players in double-figures and the Wildcats beat Auburn 62-55 on Sunday.

Updated: 11:35 AM Nick Calathes had 24 points and made several clutch free throws, Walter Hodge hit a huge 3-pointer in overtime and Florida extended its wining streak over Southeastern Conference rival Kentucky to seven games with a 81-70 victory Saturday night.

Posted: 8:59 PM MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) - Leon Buchanan and Maze Stallworth scored 20 points to lead Morehead State in a win over Jacksonville State today, 85-70. The Eagles went on an 11-0 run to end the first half. Kenneth Faried added 13 points and 13 rebounds for Morehead State.

Updated: 11:17 AM High school basketball scores for January 18.

Updated: 5:24 PM Mike Harmon, who played high school football for Roy Walton at Tates Creek in the late 80's, is going home. Harmon was introduced as the Commodores' new football coach Friday afternoon, taking over for Mark Willoughby, who resigned following the season.

Posted: 4:06 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky guards Derrick Jasper and Jodie Meeks are practicing in a limited role, but their status for Saturday's game at Florida remains up in the air.

Posted: 3:26 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. – Joker Phillips, currently the offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach for the University of Kentucky football team, has been designated as UK’s head coach of the future, Director of Athletics Mitch Barnhart announced Friday.

Posted: 3:10 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky head coach Rich Brooks has received a contact extension through the 2011 season and will receive a raise in pay to $1.6 million per year, UK Director of Athletics Mitch Barnhart announced Friday.

Updated: 12:00 PM UK has called a 4 p.m. news conference for Friday afternoon, where it is expected Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart and UK President Lee Todd will make two major announcements.

Posted: 11:29 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- Candace Parker scored 23 points and No. 2 Tennessee weathered a sloppy start to pull away from Kentucky 65-40 Thursday night.

Posted: 10:27 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. – For the second time this season, the Kentucky baseball team has earned a preseason national ranking, checking in at No. 25 in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association preseason top-30, the organization announced Thursday.

Posted: 4:24 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. – Thom Kaumeyer, whose varied experiences include stints as a Division I defensive coordinator, junior-college head coach, National Football League player, and NFL assistant coach, is the new defensive backs coach at the University of Kentucky, Coach Rich Brooks has announced.

Updated: 4:25 PM Rich Brooks has picked up another verbal commitment. Leesburg (FL) linebacker Danny Trevathan made an official visit to UK over the weekend and said he would sign with the Wildcats on NCAA Signing Day, Feb. 6.

Updated: 5:34 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Kentucky women’s basketball team looks to extend its three-game winning streak when the Wildcats play host to No. 2 Tennessee Thursday, Jan. 17 in Memorial Coliseum. The game will be aired live on the Big Blue Sports Radio Network with Neil Price. Tip off is set for 7 p.m. EST.

Posted: 3:06 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. – University of Kentucky track and field athlete Rashaud Scott (Bronx, N.Y.) was named the Southeastern Conference’s Track and Field Male Field Athlete of the Week after his Kentucky Invitational victories in the men’s weight throw and shot put, the league office in Birmingham, Ala., announced Tuesday.

Updated: 11:17 AM All the high school basketball scores from around the state.