Tag: Kentucky Basketball

Coach K Wins Garden Finale as Duke Tops Kentucky 79–71

NEW YORK—Freshman Trevor Keels scored 25 points and classmate Paolo Banchero added 22 to help No. 9 Duke open Mike Krzyzewski’s final season by beating 10th-ranked Kentucky 79–71 on Tuesday night in the nightcap of the Champions Classic. Krzyzewski announced that he would retire at the end of the season. The Hall of Famer has…


Kentucky Basketball, Baseball Player Ben Jordan Dies

Kentucky walk-on basketball player Ben Jordan has died at age 22. His death Monday night was confirmed by the university. The cause of death was not announced. Jordan, from Olive Hill, Kentucky, primarily was a baseball player at Kentucky. But the 6-foot-9, 250-pound athlete, who also played hoops in high school, walked on with the…