Peyton Siva

LEXINGTON — When he was suspended for a game against Pittsburg in late January, Kevin Ware had a conversation with Louisville coach Rick Pitino about what exactly was expected of him on the court. Whatever Pitino told him worked, because the 6-2...

LEXINGTON — It was Russ Arena indeed this week. A Louisville fan held up a sign Saturday’s for the Cardinals’ Russ Smith that read “Russ Arena.” And Smith has certainly made himself at home in Rupp Arena, Kentucky’s...

LEXINGTON — Kentucky won’t play its next game here at Rupp Arena until next year, but for now, Louisville has settled in as a temporary tenant. The Cardinals, the overall No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament and the team to beat in the...

LEXINGTON — Peyton Siva showed how to dominate a game without scoring in the first 20 minutes Thursday. The Louisville point guard did not got his first bucket until there were 2 minutes, 36 seconds left in the first half. But by that time, he...

LEXINGTON — Kasey McRay went to Louisville as a student manager hoping to parlay that into a college coaching job one day. But the Mercer County graduate gotten so much more than just an insight into coaching, more than he could ever have imagined....

Rick Pitino didn't gain any satisfaction in Kentucky's tumble from a national champion to a first-round flameout in the National Invitational Tournament. He wasn't all smiles or marveled in excitement after the Wildcats lost to Robert Morris Tuesday...

He helped lead a late surge that almost enable Kentucky to overcome a 17-point second-half deficit at Louisville Saturday, but that didn’t make freshman Archie Goodwin take the 80-77 loss any better. “I just, I hate losing. Any loss, no...

Hal Morris, the assistant sports editor at the Advocate-Messenger, is a lifelong Louisville fan. He still has his T-shirt from the original “Dream Game” between Kentucky and Louisville from 1983, but notes that he has sadly outgrown it in...

In 147 minutes of play this season, Kentucky point guard Ryan Harrow has just five turnovers — or one about every 30 minutes of play. Louisville guards Peyton Siva and Russ Smith have combined for 62 steals in 680 minutes of play — or one...

LEXINGTON  — Louisville has had enough of losing to Kentucky. The No. 4 Cardinals have dropped four in a row to the Wildcats, including last spring’s national semifinal in New Orleans. Kentucky won that game 69-61 and went on to beat Kansas...

With Louisville and Kentucky renewing their rivalry Saturday in Louisville, oddsmakers agree that this is the year Rick Pitino’s Cardinals finally beat John Calipari. Since arriving at UK, Calipari is 4-0 against Louisville, including a win in the...

He doesn’t really think Kentucky can win at Louisville Saturday, but Sporting News college basketball columnist Mike DeCourcy knows pregame assumptions often can be wrong. The logic is that Louisville is just too experienced and deep for Kentucky...