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Kentucky Basketball Recruiting: 2013 PF Derek Willis Reportedly Will Announce His Decision Friday
Let's talk a little bit about local product Derek Willis. The 2013 power forward is a highly regarded prospect, playing his high school ball for Bullitt East in Mt. Washington, Kentucky. In the class of 2013, he's ranked as a high four star: 33rd overall by Scout, 23rd by Rivals, and 42nd by...
No. 2 Kentucky 68, Auburn 53: Same Story, Different Ending
Georgia, Alabama, Ole Miss, Florida, Vanderbilt, and Arkansas -- Those six teams represent the sextet of SEC road losses the Kentucky Wildcats suffered last year, road losses UK coach John Calipari was telling anyone with a microphone about leading up to the 'Cats first league road game of the year...
Kentucky Basketball Recruiting: Obligatory Shabazz Muhammad Update
William Gunter of Cats Pause/247 Sports recently caught up with 2012 uber-prospect Shabazz Muhammad at the Beach Ball Classic, and unearthed some interesting nuggets of information ($). Muhammad stated that he has officially trimmed his list to six schools: UCLA, UNLV, Kentucky, Duke, Arizona, and...
12 Bold Kentucky Basketball Recruiting Predictions for 2012
Inspired by this post from ESPNers Jason Jordan and Ronnie Flores, below are my 12 bold predictions pertaining to Kentucky basketball recruiting. By the way, Jordan and Flores predict that Kentucky targets Julius Randle and Shabazz Muhammad will pick Duke and UNLV, respectively. They also think...
Kentucky Wildcat Basketball: All I want for Christmas is ...
As Santa readies his reindeer and fills his sleigh with goodies for all the good boys and girls who find themselves on the North Pole Nice List, it's time to reveal what I requested from the bearded one this year. Keeping in line with my extremely unselfish nature (that's my wife laughing...
Kentucky Wildcat Basketball: Critiquing the 'Cats
With the Wildcats taking final exams this week, and with no games taking place, I thought it was time to take a look at how the youthful 'Cats have performed so far this season, and what each player needs to improve on. Considering this Kentucky squad is saddled with great expectations,...
Kentucky Basketball Recruiting: 2012 PF Jarnell Stokes Plans to Enroll Early, Start College Mid-Year
As has been speculated for some time, 2012 power forward Jarnell Stokes plans to enroll early, starting college after he graduates from high school this winter. The news was confirmed by Stokes' father in an interview with Cats Illustrated ($ - premium link). Stokes is looking to decide on a...
Kentucky Wildcat Basketball: Seven Day Symmetry and Other Wonderments
Feeling the Jubilation, Feeling the Pain Being a sports fan, regardless of which college or pro team one roots for, is by definition (either) an exercise in elation, or a killjoy of profound magnitude. For Kentucky basketball fans those emotional rivals, elation and depression, are magnified...
Passing Box Score: Kentucky vs. North Carolina
After reading A Sea of Blue contributor Anything But Gatorade's thought-provoking take on Assist to Turnover ratio and its (relative) usefulness, I was intrigued to dive in further. To that end, I rewatched Kentucky's thrilling victory over North Carolina and charted all the passes on Kentucky's...
Staring Down The Musket At...The Miami Hurricanes
We're going to try to continue our Staring Down The Musket series through basketball season, but please pardon us if the number of games and quicker turnaround (and the fact that some opponents...like Marshall...don't even have a blog to respond to our question) cause us to skip a game here or...
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