Sunday, May 31, 2009


Orestes Meeks has helped set up his son's four workouts so far — Atlanta, Detroit, Oklahoma City and Washington — and, along with Calipari, is providing guidance as Meeks makes the stay-or-go-pro Decision

Harrison Barnes is starting to develop a relationship with the new UK Staff

Daniel Orton will be in San Francisco from the second week of June until August working out with stealth trainer Frank Matrisciano

David Aldridge of ESPN says Jodie Meeks probably will get drafted in the first round, but should think about going back to UK

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The Oklahoma Thunder had a pre-draft workout with Jodie Meeks

The NCAA allegations against the Memphis basketball program aren't a John Calipari Issue- They're a Derrick Rose Issue

Saturday, May 30, 2009


Calipari has agreed to become the first UK basketball coach to speak to the Bluegrass Kiwanis Club

Landon Slone is close to a commitment to Morehead State after visiting the campus on Friday

Nashville city leaders have sent a formal letter of interest to Calipari about hosting a game between the Wildcats and an undetermined powerhouse opponent in Music City

Gary Parrish of CBSSports.com says UK wouldn't have hired Calipari if the Memphis-NCAA letter leaked in March

One of Coach Cal's strengths is remaining above the fray when it comes to NCAA Rules

UK's due diligence with Calipari apparently didn’t include a conversation with athletic director R.C. Johnson about the pending allegations at Memphis

Calipari isn't guilty of being the lone wolf out searching for young, college recruiting sheep to take advantage of, use and Discard

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This will be the second time Calipari has skipped town one step ahead of the proverbial Sheriff

At the request of the UK coaching staff, Daniel Orton won’t represent Oklahoma in the Faith 7 game at Oklahoma Baptist University

Friday, May 29, 2009


The director of the NCAA Committees on Infractions told Calipari he is not considered "at risk" in the major NCAA violations alleged at Memphis

Geoff Calkins of the Memphis Commercial Appeal says Calipari runs programs where scoundrels run the Place

Calipari suggested on ESPN that success leads to charges of Wrong-Doing

Terrence Williams is advising Jodie Meeks to take his time in making a decision about the NBA

Erin Calipari has taken umbrage with Pat Forde's reporting on Kentucky's basketball program

Demetrios Anaipakos claims UK's general counsel did not sign off on its lawsuit against Gillispie


Numerous events have combined to paint an unflattering picture of UK athletics that has negated the feel-good atmosphere Kentucky had been enjoying since Calipari's Arrival

Scott Padgett hopes Jodie Meeks understands just how hard it is to get into the NBA

ESPN trumpeting that it will air a “FRESH” interview with Kentucky Coach John Calipari at 3 p.m.

Calipari seems destined to constantly have to explain his Past

Milwaukee Bucks officials have talked to Orestes Meeks

When Kentucky is doing well, the perception of the SEC is generally Higher

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Marquis Teague doesn't list UK as one of his six finalists, but says they've shown late Interest

The New Jersey Nets interviewed Jodie Meeks Today

Thursday, May 28, 2009


Orestes Meeks acknowledges that according to mock drafts Jodie is not likely to be a first round Pick

If Jodie Meeks does return to UK, he fully expects the Wildcats to contend for the National Title

UK's optimism probably cannot be damaged in tangible terms by this NCAA Investigation- Whatever penalties may result from this investigation likely will stop at the Tennessee border and never migrate North

Kenny Walker said he expects UK to remain in the spotlight, if not center Stage- He likened the Wildcats in basketball to the New York Yankees and Dallas Cowboys: magnets for Opinion

2010 five star recruit Brandon Knight has noticed what Calipari has done in his short time on the job in Lexington

Calipari appears safe for the moment, but his track record is looking increasingly Troublesome

The sleepless nights for Lee Todd have just Begun

The NCAA turned over the tables in the Tigers basketball program once it entered the door to check on women's Golf- If this is all there was to find, the basketball program was being run reasonably Well

The allegations toward the Memphis basketball program are not of severely serious nature and are nowhere near as bad as people are making it out to Be

A member of the UK coaching staff called Jon Hood's family earlier in the week and explained everything that was going on before the Memphis-NCAA situation hit in the Media

UK filed a countersuit against Gillispie asking a Franklin Circuit Court judge to rule that the memorandum of understanding UK had with Gillispie is not a formal Contract

Saul Smith said he did not mean to suggest Calipari used questionable Methods

Jodie Meeks says it's inaccurate his opinion has shifted lately more toward staying in the Draft- He'll likely only stay in if he's projected as a top 25 Pick

In Lexington, whatever dampening, if any, this has done to Calipari's honeymoon period will be cured by Winning

Mitch Barnhart has been hit with two headaches in the past 24 hours, but some solace might be be found on the hardwood next Season

The attorney representing John Wall wants it known that her client did not plea guilty to a misdemeanor breaking and entering Charge

Lee Todd said Calipari told him during the job interview about the NCAA investigation of allegations of major rule violations at Memphis, but UK Board of Trustees members appear to have been Unaware

Billy Donovan and Jay Wright both snubbed UK before Mitch Barnhart decided to hire Calipari