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2013 schedule
2012 schedule, results

Date	Opponent	Time/Result
Aug. 31	at Western Ky.	TBA
Sept. 7	vs. Miami (Ohio)	TBA
Sept. 14	vs. Louisville	TBA
Sept. 28	vs. Florida	TBA
Oct. 5	at South Carolina	TBA
Oct. 12	vs. Alabama	TBA
Oct. 24	at Miss. State	7:30 p.m. ESPN
Nov. 2	vs. Ala. St.	TBA
Nov. 9	vs. Missouri	TBA
Nov. 16	at Vanderbilt	TBA
Nov. 23	at Georgia	TBA
Nov. 30	vs. Tennessee	TBA

2012-13 Schedule
× SEC Tournament * NIT Tournament

Date	Opponent	Time/Result
10/12	Big Blue Madness # TV	Highlights
10/24	Blue-White Game # TV	Highlights
11/01	vs. Northwood (Fla.)	W, 93-61
11/05	vs. Transylvania # TV	W, 74-28
11/09	vs. Maryland TV	W, 72-69
11/13	vs. Duke TV	L, 75-68
11/16	vs. Lafayette TV	W, 101-49
11/21	vs. Morehead State TV	W, 81-70
11/23	vs. Long Island Brooklyn TV	W, 104-75
11/29	at Notre Dame TV	L, 64-50
12/01	vs. Baylor TV	L, 64-55
12/04	vs. Samford TV	W, 88-56
12/08	vs. Portland TV	W, 74-46
12/15	vs. Lipscomb TV	W, 88-50
12/22	vs. Marshall TV	W, 82-54
12/29	at Louisville TV	L, 80-77
01/02	vs. Eastern Michigan TV	W, 90-38
01/10	at Vanderbilt	W, 60-58

Date	Opponent	Time/Result
01/12	vs. Texas A&M	L, 83-71
01/15	vs. Tennessee	W, 75-65
01/19	at Auburn	W, 75-53
01/22	at Alabama	L, 59-55
01/26	vs. LSU	W, 75-70
01/29	at Ole Miss	W, 87-74
02/02	at Texas A&M	W, 72-68
02/05	vs. South Carolina	W, 77-55
02/09	vs. Auburn	W, 72-62
02/12	at Florida	L, 69-52
02/16	at Tennessee	L, 88-58
02/20	vs. Vanderbilt	W, 74-70
02/23	vs. Missouri	W, 90-83
02/27	vs. Mississippi State	W, 85-55
03/02	at Arkansas	L, 73-60
03/07	at Georgia	L, 72-62
03/09	vs. Florida	W, 61-57
03/15 ×	vs. Vanderbilt	L, 64-48
03/19 *	vs. Robert Morris	L, 59-57

2013 schedule
× SEC Tournament * NCAA Tournament

Date	Opponent	Time/Result
Oct. 12	Big Blue Madness TV	Highlights
Nov. 5	vs. Bellarmine	W, 113-33
Nov. 10	vs. Delaware State	W, 90-50
Nov. 13	at Baylor TV	L, 85-51
Nov. 17	vs. High Point	W, 80-46
Nov. 23	vs. Morehead State	W, 73-37
Nov. 25	vs. USC Upstate TV	W, 100-34
Nov. 28	vs. Miami (Oh)	W, 92-53
Dec. 2	at Louisville TV	W, 48-47
Dec. 7	vs. DePaul TV	W, 96-64
Dec. 9	vs. Middle Tenn. St. TV	W, 68-46
Dec. 18	at Pepperdine	W, 80-62
Dec. 21	at UC Santa Barbara	W, 66-38
Dec. 28	vs. Alcorn State	W, 90-23
Dec. 30	vs. Marist TV	W, 78-56
Jan. 3	vs. Florida TV	W, 76-69
Jan. 6	at Alabama	W, 87-70
Jan. 10	vs. Texas A&M TV	W, 65-62
Jan. 13	at Missouri TV	W, 69-43

Date	Opponent	Time/Result
Jan. 17	vs. Mississippi State	W, 100-47
Jan. 20	vs. Auburn TV	W, 97-53
Jan. 24	at South Carolina TV	L, 55-50
Jan. 27	vs. LSU TV	W, 73-60
Feb. 3	vs. Georgia TV	L, 75-71
Feb. 7	at Arkansas	W, 80-74
Feb. 10	at Vanderbilt TV	W, 75-53
Feb. 14	vs. South Carolina	W, 78-74
Feb. 18	at Texas A&M TV	W, 70-66
Feb. 24	at LSU	L, 77-72
Feb. 28	at Ole Miss	W, 90-65
Mar. 3	vs. Tennessee TV	W, 78-65
Mar. 8 ×	vs. Vanderbilt	W, 76-65
Mar. 9 ×	vs. Georgia	W, 60-38
Mar. 10 ×	vs. Texas A&M	L, 75-67
Mar. 24 *	vs. Navy	W, 61-41
Mar. 26 *	vs. Dayton	W, 84-70
Mar. 30 *	vs. Delaware	W, 69-62
Apr. 1 *	vs. Connecticut	L, 83-53

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FOOTBALL | NFL

Giants sign Kentucky's Newton as tight end

Former University of Kentucky quarterback Morgan Newton has signed with the NFL's New York Giants as a tight end.
MARK STORY

Mark Story: Can UK's Air Raid 2.0 produce one-year offensive turnaround Mumme did?

Is it realistic to expect Kentucky's Air Raid 2.0 to produce in 2013 the type of dramatic reversal of offensive fortunes that Hal Mumme's original operating system did in 1997?
FOOTBALL | NFL

Ex-Cat Cobb embraces bigger role with Packers

The Press-Gazette of Green Bay (Wis.) reports that former University of Kentucky standout Randall Cobb is looking forward to taking on a bigger role this fall with the Packers.
FOOTBALL RECRUITING

Newest UK football commitment sees opportunity for Cats

After Kobie Walker announced Monday night that he'll be playing his college football at the University of Kentucky, the junior linebacker/safety from Washington, D.C., told the Washington Post he hopes he's cracked open a new recruiting pipeline to the Wildcats.
BASEBALL

UK teams post 3.14 GPA, best of Barnhart era

UK's athletic teams posted a cumulative 3.14 grade-point average in the spring semester, the best for a single semester during Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart's 11-year tenure.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Mark Story: Andrew Wiggins faces a lot of scrutiny next year

Also discussed in notes column: Future of UK-WKU football series, how UK benefits from Kentucky-Louisville football rivalry and Kentucky Speedway, which has a race (sort of) coming up among area police chiefs.
FOOTBALL

Debating the Kentucky-Louisville football series

Should the Cats and Cards continue its football series?
FOOTBALL

John Clay: Viewing Stoops through rose-colored glasses

Mark Stoops, you're making this tough.
FOOTBALL RECRUITING

John Clay: Barker's commitment sustains Stoops' knack for keeping recruits in Kentucky

HEBRON — Nailing a key commitment from the four-star quarterback Drew Barker will certainly make a national splash, but for Kentucky the significance also extends to the home front.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

State's top football prospects over last decade reflect hits, misses

Here's a look at who Rivals.com considered the No. 1 high school prospect from Kentucky in each of the past 10 recruiting classes and what those players accomplished in their college careers.