Updated: 1:06 AM Lexington traffic officers and traffic engineers are preparing for a crowd of 10,000 or more to attend a rally at Rupp Arena Tuesday afternoon to celebrate the Cats' 8th National Championship.

Posted: 12:20 AM The University of Kentucky men's basketball team will have a public celebration of the 2011-12 season Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. at Rupp Arena, immediately following the Wildcats' return from New Orleans.

Posted: 8:18 PM ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Chris Fern of Union is the Appalachian Athletic Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Week, the league announced Monday.

Posted: 8:14 PM ROCK HILL, SC -- After posting a huge week for the Lady Railsplitters, Amanda Snow has been named the South Atlantic Conference Softball Player of the Week, announced by the SAC office on Monday afternoon.

Updated: 5:24 PM NEW ORLEANS (AP) - There's more to Terrence Jones than "The Rant."

Posted: 4:24 PM NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Kentucky coach John Calipari doesn't like the "one-and-done" rule, which essentially forces players to spend a year in college. He's even suggested ways to change it.

Posted: 4:22 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. – Freshman Anthony Davis was named winner of the 2012 Naismith Trophy presented by AT&T as the Men’s College Player of the Year, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced on Sunday.

Posted: 4:21 PM NEW ORLEANS (April 2, 2012) – The following awards were presented by the National Association of Basketball Coaches at the annual AT&T NABC Guardians of the Game Awards Show held April 1, 2012, at the New Orleans Theatre in the Ernest Morial Convention Center.

Posted: 5:13 AM INDIANAPOLIS – The University of Pikeville Bears claimed their first NAIA women’s bowling championship on Sunday with a 3-0, 3-0 sweep of No. 1 seed Webber International University.

Posted: 4:43 PM NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Monday night's national championship game will be the second time this season Kentucky and Kansas meet with all of college basketball watching.

Posted: 11:41 PM NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Travis Releford stepped into the spotlight when the Kansas stars faded, his performance as much as any other the reason the Jayhawks are playing for a national championship.

Posted: 11:38 PM NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Louisville coach Rick Pitino is taking a stance that'll probably make some Cardinals fans cringe: He's backing Kentucky in the NCAA national final.

Updated: 8:33 PM NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Player of the year Anthony Davis has Kentucky right where it expected to be, in the national title game, scoring 18 points and 14 rebounds as the Wildcats held off pesky Louisville 69-61 on Saturday night.

Posted: 5:50 PM RICHMOND, Ky. – The Eastern Kentucky University baseball team exploded for six runs in the bottom of the second inning, five of them with two outs, and then cruised the rest of the way as junior left-hander Shane Grimm tossed the Colonels’ second consecutive complete game in an 8-2 win over SIUE on Saturday afternoon in game two of this weekend’s Ohio Valley Conference series at Turkey Hughes Field.

Posted: 5:44 PM LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A few hours before tip off in a Final Four match up that has the state of Kentucky in holiday mode, fans of both Kentucky and Louisville were getting ready for a rowdy game in bars, homes and hotel rooms.

Posted: 5:42 PM NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The pressure is everywhere for Kentucky to win a national title. Except in the locker room.

Posted: 9:11 PM KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Behind a gem of a pitching performance from sophomore Ellen Weaver and offensive firepower from junior Kara Dill and sophomore Ginny Carroll the Kentucky softball team earned a 5-3 upset of No. 9/10 Tennessee.

Posted: 9:08 PM NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Kentucky coach John Calipari likes to say there are no rivalry games at this point in the season.

Posted: 9:04 PM BARBOURVILLE, Ky. - Tim DeVito turned in a 10-strikeout, complete-game victory in guiding the Union baseball team to a 5-0 Appalachian Athletic Conference victory over visiting Point (Ga.) on Friday.

Posted: 5:41 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. -- University of Kentucky football head coach Joker Phillips and the Kentucky football team held two-hour, 10-minute practice Friday morning at the Nutter Training Center, completing offensive and defensive installation for the week before a half practice/half scrimmage session Saturday.

Updated: 11:51 PM Anthony Davis is The Associated Press' college basketball Player of the Year, the first Kentucky player and second freshman to win the award.

Posted: 10:40 AM The try-outs will be conducted for the Girls on Saturday, April 21st and Boys on Sunday, April 22nd.

Posted: 11:03 PM KHSBCA Regular Season Poll - March 29, 2012

Posted: 10:59 PM NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Rick Pitino will dance like a fool to get a smile out of his granddaughter. Freshmen who were scared to utter a word around him are practically his BFFs now.

Updated: 11:03 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - The biggest college basketball game in the commonwealth of Kentucky - and arguably the country - is taking its cultural clash to the Big Easy.