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PHOTOS: Catspy Awards 2012

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PHOTOS: Catspy Awards 2012
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Anthony Davis throws out first pitch

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Anthony Davis throws out first pitch

Anthony Davis threw out the ceremonial first pitch before UK baseball’s game on Sunday. Via James Pennington of 247Sports.com, here’s the video: Davis also met up with Nerlens Noel for a picture, via Noel’s Twitter.

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Nerlens Noel plans to keep UK logo in his hair

That UK logo Nerlens Noel used to announce his college decision? He’s keeping it. From the new (and official) member of UK’s 2012 class in his ESPN blog: I know y’all liked the “UK” that I got cut into my head, right? I had been thinking about doing something big leading up to the decision, [...]

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The UK national championship trophy will be on display before Saturday’s football and baseball games. The trophy will be on display from 12 to 2 p.m. before the UK-LSU baseball game at Cliff Hagan Stadium. The trophy will be inside the stadium, so fans must have a ticket to the baseball game to have access [...]

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Nerlens Noel officially signs with UK, Calipari reacts

Nerlens Noel has officially signed with UK, the school announced Thursday. Noel, a 6-foot-10 center who averaged 12.6 points, 3.9 blocks and 7.2 rebounds per game as a senior at Tilton, N.H., is the No. 1 player in the Class of 2012. “I’ve been blessed three times in my career to have a player that [...]

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Five UK players declare for draft

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Five UK players declare for draft

There were no surprises at Tuesday’s announcement for UK’s five underclassmen and their NBA intentions, even if head coach John Calipari tried to manufacture some suspense.

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Anthony Davis, Terrence Jones, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Doron Lamb and Marquis Teague all declared for the NBA draft. The five underclassmen — Davis, Kidd-Gilchrist and Teague are freshman, while Jones and Lamb are sophomores — were the starting lineup for UK’s 38-2 national championship team. With those five gone, along with seniors Darius Miller and Eloy [...]

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If all five underclassmen leave as expected, along with seniors Darius Miller and Eloy Vargas, UK will lose more than 90 percent of its production in multiple statistical categories. Here’s exactly how much, with the corresponding stats for the last two years as well, for context: 2011-12 season (lost production) 93.28 percent of points 92.35 [...]

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Rod Strickland, a former UK assistant coach who has spent the past two years in an administrative role, is expected to join Larry Brown’s staff at SMU, ESPN’s Jason King reported Tuesday. Strickland has been with coach John Calipari at Memphis and Kentucky since 2006.

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UK basketball press conference changed to 7 p.m.

Related link: Davis, Jones, Kidd-Gilchrist, Lamb, Teague declare for NBA draft. UK’s press conference for the five underclassmen to announce the NBA draft decisions has been moved back to 7 p.m. The time change occurred as a result of “unforeseen travel arrangements and academics schedules.” The original time was set to be 2 p.m. It [...]

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