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Kentucky Wildcats Basketball: Recruiting Roundup
It has been a little more than a week since I dropped the last 2012 Recruiting Big Board update, and already there's been action without actual action. That is the nature of the recruiting beast. Like Twitter, the game of Monopoly, or ninja movements, it's all just shadow and speculation until it's...
NCAA Rules: Media Trashes Rulebook To Rush To Defense Of Krzyzewski
It's remarkable to watch, really. Sportswriters from around the major outlets are rushing to trash the NCAA bylaw that Mike Krzyzewski of Duke apparently violated as "inane" and "just plain silly." Matt Jones correctly wondered on Twitter where that same concern was for the Committee on...
NCAA: Point the Accusing Finger Toward Lexington, plus, Alex Poythress Cold Busts Coach K
As I'm sure most of you are aware, the ongoing saga of the Kentucky Pros vs. the Dominican Republic National Team took an unexpected turn Saturday. It seems as though the NCAA did not step in and deny former UK coach Joe B. Hall the chance to coach the Kentucky team in the August 15 exhibition. ...
The NCAA Re-Defines "Petty" -- Joe Hall to now assist Calipari in coaching the Dominican Republic National Team
John Clay of the Herald-Leader has the story. As unbelievable as it may be. I thought coach Hall reflected quite nicely the feelings of most UK fans who are flabbergasted to the point of nausea over the NCAA's decision to not allow Hall and former UK player Sam Bowie to coach the Kentucky Pros as...
Joe Hall & Sam Bowie not allowed to coach in Kentucky Legends vs Dominican Republic National Team Exhibition
DeWayne Peevy, who is an associate athletic director at UK, and is independently serving as spokesman for ProCamps, has confirmed that neither Joe B. Hall nor Sam Bowie will be allowed to coach the August 15 match-up between a group of former UK players, known as the Kentucky Legends, and the...
Kentucky Wildcats Basketball: Calipari Reminds Somebody To Beware The Scorpion
Call me cynical, but I am convinced that for the most part, John Calipari has a reason for doing everything he does. So what was Coach Cal's motivation for reminding Kentucky fans of an old adage on CoachCal.com that probably everyone from the state over the age of 20 has heard -- the parable of...
NCAA Sports: Money To Student Athletes Confounds Coaches
There's the famous story told about Winston Churchill, who was at a dinner party and apparently well into his cups. The story goes that he asked an attractive woman at the party if she would sleep with him for a million pounds. The woman responded, coyly, "Maybe." Then Churchill asked her if she...
Kentucky Basketball: This Is How Careful You Have To Be When You're John Calipari
Everyone knows that reporters and sports columnists have their harpoons sharpened for Kentucky coach John Calipari. Getting the "white whale" is not just a priority for reporters like Pete Thamel, but also for guys like Cameron Smith at Yahoo! sports: Now Kentucky coach John Calipari, who is no...
Big Blue Nation Linkapalooza: Gary Parrish Attempts To Resurrect A Scandal Edition
Today's late edition of the news starts off with this article by CBS Sports' Gary Parrish. In it he attempts to resurrect the Anthony Davis non-scandal that was all the rage amongst the college basketball commentariat only a year ago: What makes him most interesting though -- besides the growth...
NCAA Basketball Coaches: Figuring Out Who Is Earning Their Money
Ever wonder which coaches among the top ten highest paid are earning their money? It's hard to compare, and any comparison is largely subjective, but just for fun I took the top 10 highest paid coaches as indicated by USA Today and tried to quantify their worth. For this exercise, there are...
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