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Coming Soon: UK commits evoke limitless anticipation for next year

They’re already being called the greatest recruiting class of all time before they arrive on campus. But it does seem as though there will be no stopping them.

The UK softball team scored a decisive 8-0 victory in game two of the Super Regional Sunday afternoon, but could not continue its momentum in the decisive third game, losing 9-0.

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By Les Johns A raucous sold-out home crowd went home disappointed as the UK Softball team lost the first game of the NCAA Super Regional to California 1-0. The normally potent UK offense was completely stymied by sophomore Cal pitcher Jolene Henderson.  Henderson allowed just one hit over the seven innings, earning the shutout victory. [...]

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The following are quotes about the four UK recruits, both collectively and individually, from national team and high school coaches. What’s in italics are my own thoughts: Everything else is a quote from a coach, which I’ve placed in bold and identified. Some quotes on the four as a whole: Don Showalter, USA U17 coach: [...]

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The (Thurs)day in UK news

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Another busy day that prevented me from posting during the day, but here’s some links on what happened. Biggest item of the day: the DeAndre Liggins recruitment story. ESPN’s massive report on an Indiana AAU team contained six separate items, one of which is this one. The report says that a coach tried to adopt [...]

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UK has its next, next point guard, depending on how “next” you now consider Marquis Teague, with the commitment of Ryan Harrow. Harrow will likely be the sixth-best (seventh if you count Bledsoe) point guard Calipari has coached in the last six years — although considering the other five, to be part of that group [...]

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A look at Calipari APR scores

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APR scores are out. Instead of regurgitating the same stuff at first, I wanted to make a breakdown of the three different coaches who have been at UK since the inception of the APR system. I also wanted to look year-by-year, rather than by the standard four-year rolling number given. While the four-year has value, [...]

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The game was played in a country 4,335 miles away from Lexington.* But it could help bring a banner to Rupp Arena. *According to Google Maps. The game was the U.S. U17 gold-medal game against Poland a summer ago. Marquis Teague, a member of that team, has played in high school championship games and AAU [...]

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The UK Softball team advanced further than it ever has before in a walk-off win Sunday. Needing a win against No. 10 Michigan to advance — the same team UK upset earlier in the Regional bracket by one run — UK entered the final inning scoreless and down a run. Senior Meagan Aull hit a [...]

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The popular near-campus restaurant Tolly-Ho opened its doors early Thursday morning to a hungry crowd at its new, permanent location at 606 S. Broadway.

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