Silent Bob is silent no more.
Continue reading …Billed as a “dream game” before the two teams even advanced to play each other, a UK-Louisville showdown — the first since 2005 — came true Saturday. It was to see not only “who dominates the state of Kentucky,” as Louisville’s Viktor Maksimcuk told the Courier-Journal, but to see who advanced to the Round of [...]
Continue reading …If the headline didn’t make you want to watch the video, Kanter talks about how he is preparing for the NBA Draft after not seeing any game action in over a year. The link is here. The video is also below.
Continue reading …Sports Illustrated’s Seth Davis attended the NCAA’s recent “Enforcement Experience,” which was a tutorial on the NCAA’s enforcement process. They went through simulations and mock cases, and he had some takeaways (although I would suggest reading the full article here): Schools, coaches and players are required to tell the truth if they are talked to [...]
Continue reading …John Calipari has garnered a reputation for being an elite recruiter, the best at bringing talent to his school. So it’s fitting that Calipari makes an appearance in this week’s Sports Illustrated article on recruiting. The article predominantly talks about the grueling grind of assistant coaches for major, but not top-tier, schools. Oregon, West Virginia, [...]
Continue reading …Luke Winn had a short article in this week’s Sports Illustrated examining Calipari’s recent foray into national basketball. He complimented Calipari’s ability to always be ahead of the curve, the benefit of having the Dominican team training in the Joe Craft Center, and the already existent Dominican ties for UK in Eloy Vargas and assistant [...]
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Enes Kanter sat in his customary position on the bench, between the players and the coaches, almost as if he was in basketball roster limbo. In his hands rested an empty clipboard, oddly symbolic of his situation. He wasn’t going to play in this game, UK’s Southeastern Conference opener against Georgia, but that was no [...]
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The Chick-fil-A box sat right in front of me as I hammered away my story on deadline during one of those relatively unimportant December games. The box wasn’t mine. It was Josh Harrellson’s. When he walked over after giving interviews, most of his answers chippy and funny, Harrellson offered a piece of chicken. We weren’t [...]
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At the beginning of the year, before games had begun, DeAndre Liggins was sporting stitches in his lip. The result of an inadvertent elbow while playing a basketball game, the injury was less surprising and more fitting. Stitched lips almost seem natural when its on the face of a gritty and determined player like Liggins. [...]
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Brandon Knight spent his one-minute-and-24-second-long opening statement thanking everybody. The media for showing up, coaches for making him better, family for supporting him, teammates for always having his back. By the end of it, at least four media members had a “Brandon Knight is going to the NBA” tweet loaded and ready to send. But [...]
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