Kentucky junior Jodie Meeks, who led the Southeastern Conference in scoring last season, Tuesday declared himself eligible for the NBA draft. However, since Meeks didn't hire an agent, he has until June 15 to withdraw his name from the draft and be eligible to return to the Wildcats. Meeks was eighth in the nation and first in the SEC with a 23.7-points-per-game average and scored a Kentucky record with 54 points in a game against Tennessee.

Jodie Meeks completed a three-point play with 10.6 seconds left Monday to give Kentucky a 65-63 win over Creighton in the second round of the NIT. Meeks scored 16 points for fourth-seeded Kentucky (22-13), which advances to the quarterfinal round to play second-seeded Notre Dame.

Jodie Meeks scored a game-high 19 points Tuesday and the Kentucky Wildcats ambled to a 70-60 win over UNLV in the first round of the NIT. The 20-13 Wildcats also got 16 points from Patrick Patterson and 1- from Perry Stevenson. The 21-11 Rebels were led by Wink Adams with 14 points.

Marcus Thornton and Tasmin Mitchell combined for 44 points Saturday in No.

Edgar Sosa buried a three-pointer with two seconds left Sunday to boost 18th-ranked Louisville to a 74-71 win over archrival Kentucky. The trey capped a season-high 18 point effort for Sosa and followed two free throws by Jodie Meeks that tied the contest 71-71 with 18 seconds left. Louisville led 38-35 at the half, with its biggest advantage being 38-29 on Sosa's two free throws 2:21 before the break. Terrence Williams led Louisville with 19 points, eight rebounds and five steals.