Kentucky-North Carolina always ranks as a big game

Posted Dec 4, 2010
With North Carolina unranked and owning a pedestrian 4-3 record, Kentucky's game in Chapel Hill on Saturday lacks some of the blue-blooded quality that makes these encounters so much fun. Then again, the Tar Heels see a victory over No. 10 UK as the perfect vehicle to begin returning its basketball profile to an appropriately lofty level. "We need that one big-time win," forward John Henson said Friday. (Lexington Herald-Leader)

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