ESPN.com says Dez Wells will decide on a destination by Tuesday from a short list that also includes Maryland, Ohio State and Oregon

ESPN.com says Texas Tech players expressed concern about the way they are being treated by Billy Gillispie during a meeting with athletic director Kirby Hocutt this week

University of Kentucky women's basketball coach Matthew Mitchell recently bought a house in Lexington once owned by Rick Pitino

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2012/08/30/2316800/mitchells-buy-former-pitino-home.html#storylink=cpy

The rest of the nation is taking notice of Mitch Barnhart and UK athletics

ESPN's Andy Katz says Jabari Parker made an unofficial visit to Provo on Thursday and BYU is still a serious contender

Jeff Goodman from CBSSports.com says it's difficult to imagine Dez Wells landing anywhere but UK

Julius Randle has built a good relationship with Calipari

An arraignment was scheduled this morning in Lexington for Michael Porter

No college visits are currently planned for Tony Trocha

Sources told SNY.tv that Dez Wells is slated to visit Memphis Friday and Maryland Saturday

Former Xavier guard Dez Wells  is on Kentucky's campus through Friday according to multiple sources

Being the starting forward for the Houston Rockets is Patrick Patterson's number one goal right now

John Wall is not afraid to be public about his support of Barack Obama's re-election

Anthony Davis is entering the NBA at such a young age that his most aggressive goals aren't just unrealistic for a rookie, they're not particularly likely to be achieved until he's in his mid-20s

Bob Gibbons, a respected recruiting analyst who has been evaluating high school players since the late 1970s, argues that Andrew Wiggins is the best player in the nation regardless of class

UK commitment Derek Willis thinks the Harrison twins are a definite to join him at UK

Anthony Davis' out-of-the-gate swagger isn't too surprising

UK commitment Derek Willis is now a three-star player ranked No. 126 in the new Rivals.com rankings

Nerlens Noel has set a goal to surpass Anthony Davis’ single-season freshman record of 186 blocked shots

It doesn't seem like the Miami Heat have a pressing desire to sign Josh Harrellson- his agent says he will visit three more NBA teams over the next week or two

2013 five star recruit Aaron Gordon's dunk from the recent Under Armour Elite 24 event

John Wall welcomed 600 first- through fifth-graders to the first day of school at Hunter Elementary School in North Carolina

Illinois coach John Groce has continued to recruit Jabari Parker and the Illini still could be considered, according to his father and high school coach

UK makes the final ten school list of Julius Randle

With Kyle Wiltjer, Ryan Harrow, and Julius Mays, Kentucky has three players from different backgrounds that now they come together in Lexington with the same goal — getting the Wildcats back to the Final Four

Representatives of the NCAA and the University of Kentucky visited a friend of Nerlens Noel two weeks ago to discuss his relationship with UK's freshman center

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2012/08/25/2311143/report-ncaa-visited-friend-of.html#storylink=cpy

The Harrison twins won’t deny their obvious interest in Kentucky

Many consider Kentucky and Michigan State the front-runners in the Jabari Parker recruiting competition, but Brigham Young fans are convinced that BYU has a legitimate edge because Parker and his family are devout Mormons

2013 five star recruit Aaron Gordon says he will make an official visit to Kentucky

2013 five star forward Jermaine Lawrence tells Zagsblog UK is in his final seven list of schools

Julius Randle's AAU coach Scott Pospichal describes his college choice as a business decision and says UK is in the business of sending players to the NBA

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2012/08/24/2309815/elite-24-brings-together-rival.html#storylink=cpy

Doug Collins loves the upside of Anthony Davis

30 second New York Times interview with Anthony Davis

Four-star guard Xavier Rathan-Mayes announced a list of his top five college choices on Twitter on Friday afternoon that didn’t include Kentucky

Four star 2014 forward Stanley Johnson says Kentucky has recently reached out to him

The Harrison twins and Julius Randle will team up in California this weekend

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2012/08/23/2308965/several-uk-targets-in-elite-24.html#storylink=cpy

Anthony Davis is most likely to be the NBA’s rookie of the year, the incoming rookie class predicts in an NBA.com survey

Josh Harrellson is one of several big men the Miami Heat have recently workout out

Josh Harrellson is drawing interest from the Miami Heat and may be a good fit there

The Harrison Twins say it's possible they won't visit anywhere besides SMU since they’ve already seen the other schools

Former UK forward Marquis Estill has joined John Calipari's staff as a graduate assistant while he works on finishing his degree

Julius Randle says he has no problem with the Harrison Twins and would consider joining them and Andrew Wiggins in a potential blockbuster recruiting class at Kentucky in the fall of 2013

Billy Donlan seems to be upset that Julius Mays left Wright State for Kentucky where he will go from being the star of the team to earning his way into the rotation off Calipari's bench

Mitch Barnhart says Calipari has been a great CEO for men’s basketball

Gary Parrish from CBSSports.com says the NCAA is looking at the recruitment of Nerlens Noel from every angle, and it's not because the NCAA hates Kentucky and Calipari

Kentucky is pursuing Roselle (N.J.) Catholic forward Tyler Roberson and plans to come watch him at an open gym next month

Eric Bossi of Scout.com says Duke, KU, UK, and UNC continue to generate the most heat behind the scenes for Julius Randle

Pete Thamel of SI.com says the NCAA has expanded its inquiry into Nerlens Noel

Anthony Davis believes he has a pretty good idea of what he can expect once he starts his rookie season, thanks to the advice he received from some of the league's biggest superstars when he was their teammate on the U.S. Olympic team

The Nike-sponsored Tennessee Travelers will relocate to Kentucky next spring, providing the state a higher profile on the summer circuit and giving the commonwealth’s best high school players an opportunity to compete for the EYBL title

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2012/08/21/2306770/nike-sponsored-summer-team-moving.html#storylink=cpy

Andrew Wiggins' brother Nick wants him to reclassify to the Class of 2013 and be at Kentucky next fall

Attorneys for Jimmy Williams filed a petition for rehearing- they are asking the Supreme Court to reconsider its ruling in Williams’ case against the University of Minnesota and Tubby Smith for offering Williams a job and then allegedly rescinding the offer

2015 recruit Karl Towns got a chance Tuesday to chat with former Michigan State player Draymond Green

2013 recruit Wayne Selden has eliminated UK from consideration

Anthony Davis hasn't soaked in the magnitude of winning a gold medal yet, but admits the recognition he garnered has been tremendous

The Harrison Twins will announce October 29 at Fort Bend (Texas) High School

Zagsblog says UK has yet to offer Marcus Lee a scholarship, but he will have an in-home visit October 16th with Wildcats

Julius Randle reportedly took an unofficial visit to Ohio State on Sunday

Dave Telep says Jabari Parker visited Stanford today

Calipari may have dodged a bullet with Shabazz Muhammad

Calipari said that the Wildcats will host an alumni game next month that will feature some of the university’s former players who are now playing in the NBA

Calipari seems in perfect position to sign the Harrison Twins based on UK’s recent on-court success as well as producing 10 first-round draft picks in the last three years

Like his grades, Andrew Wiggins' game is also ready for the next level

Keith Clanton visited Florida State earlier in the week, but opted to remain loyal to the Knights and coach Donnie Jones with his decision to finish his career in Orlando

One woman has signed up for Calipari Basketball Fantasy Experience- Marie Dzuris a teacher and debate coach at Centerville (Ohio) High School

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2012/08/18/2303664/jerry-tipton-notebook-olympian.html#storylink=cpy

G.J. Smith, a former University of Kentucky men's basketball player and longtime high school coach and athletics director in Laurel County, died Friday of a heart attack

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2012/08/18/2303855/gj-smith-former-uk-basketball.html#storylink=cpy

2013 recruit Wayne Selden has cut his list of schools to six and is no longer considering UK

Calipari says the Wildcats will host an alumni game on September 15th that will feature some of the university's former players who are now playing in the NBA

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/08/18/4737789/calipari-says-uk-to-host-alumni.html#storylink=cpy

Troy Williams claims there is no current favorite — "everybody's neutral," he said

UCF forward Keith Clanton is sticking with the Knights

Calipari surprised Kentucky basketball fans Friday as he flew over Kelley Farms, sharing a sneak peek of their nationally-acclaimed corn maze on his Facebook page

The widespread perception is that Duke, Michigan State, Kentucky, Kansas and potentially DePaul could make the top five for Jabari Parker

2013 four star forward Marcus Lee will visit UK on October 12th for Big Blue Madness

Andrew Wiggins and his family learned from Nerlens Noel- if you’re going to reclassify, better to do it early rather than late

Calipari announced on his Twitter account the jersey numbers his Wildcats newcomers will wear this year

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2012/08/16/2301825/we-em-proudly-calipari-assigns.html#storylink=cpy

Aaron Gordon says he will probably make a visit to UK

Calipari visited West Liberty Friday morning to help raise money for the town that was devastated by a tornado on March 2

Lexington will join the official Kentucky Bourbon Trail with the opening of Alltech's downtown distillery next month- to help open the facility, it will partner with Calipari on a limited-edition bourbon

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2012/08/16/2301334/alltech-joins-kentucky-bourbon.html#storylink=cpy

Josh Harrellson might catch on somewhere else or he might end up playing in Europe this year

2015 forward Cheick Diallo has interest from UK

Patrick Patterson was in Beijing on Tuesday night for the launch of the 2012 Peak NBA stars China Tour

Frank Burlison of SI.com says Julius Randle, James Young, The Harrison Twins, and Andrew Wiggins are believed to be strongly considering -- if not flat out favoring -- Kentucky

MSU Athletic Director Mark Hollis has secured a commitment from UK and 15 other schools to participate in a two-tournament event in Portland, OR to honor Phil Knight's 80th birthday in November, 2017

Michael Porter was indicted this week on charges stemming from accusations that he had sexual contact with an underage girl

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2012/08/15/2300338/former-uk-basketball-player-michael.html#storylink=cpy

The Houston Rockets waived Josh Harrellson today to make room for Carlos Delfino

A hearing to consider Richie Farmer's request to reduce his child support payments has been postponed

DeMarcus Cousins is the NBA's version of Joe Pesci- constantly angry for no apparent reason, to hilarious effect

Two factors work against the idea of Coach Cal replacing Coach K as coach of the men's U.S. national basketball team

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2012/08/13/2298231/mark-story-coach-cal-to-replace.html#storylink=cpy

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2012/08/13/2298231/mark-story-coach-cal-to-replace.html#storylink=cpy

A slew of new schools, including Ohio State, Indiana, Kansas, Memphis, Alabama, South Carolina, Georgetown and Arkansas are in the mix for Troy Williams

Brandon Knight touched down in Winnipeg today

After taking a few weeks off, Anthony Davis is expected to began preparing for his first training camp with the New Orleans Hornets

The Harrison Twins tell Zagsblog UK, Maryland, and Baylor are contacting them the most at this point

Tony Trocha's mentor and coach Jamie Ibanez tells Zagsblog he's going to college in December and has a scholarship offer from UK

Anthony Davis performs the spectacular with all the showmanship that most people use punching a time clock

2013 big man Austin Nichols names a top six list and is no longer considering UK

Brandon Knight will be in Winnipeg on Monday for an autograph session in advance of the 2012 NBA Canada series

2013 four star forward Jordan Mickey would like to see an offer from UK

Nerlens Noel has a long ways to go before reaching the standards that have been set for him

The New York Post says the Harrison twins have narrowed their list down to Kentucky, Maryland, Villanova, Baylor and SMU- they do not have any visit planned as of yet

Sources tell ESPN Rick Pitino has expressed strong interest in coaching the next USA Olympic team, but the general expectation is that Mike Krzyzewski will be succeeded by an NBA coach

Trey Lyles tells the Indianapolis Star Indiana University is still No. 1 on his list

As a teen among titans, Anthony Davis still sits in the back of team buses and fetches sports drinks on demand, but the superstars embrace his presence much more than the 1992 Dream Team welcomed Christian Laettner

Kentucky has shown interest in Chris McCullough, but has yet to offer

Jodie Meeks has accepted a two-year deal worth about $3 million to play for the Los Angeles Lakers

The 2012-13 SEC basketball schedule is finally out, so Kentucky’s season schedule is at last complete

Brandon Knight loathes downtime and one look at the added muscle on his 6-foot-3 frame lets observers know he has put the off-season to good use

Throughout this past week UK hasn't heard from Keith Clanton and the thinking is that he still might stay put at UCF

Calipari says Ryan Harrow will have to earn the starting point guard spot and that Archie Goodwin could also start at that position

Kentucky has expressed interest in Chris McCullough, who is going to cut down his list of schools in September

Kentan Facey committed to UConn late Wednesday night after visiting the school on his first trip in August

Calipari knows the pressure will be on next year

John Wall told Jim Rome that he hasn’t taken a vacation since he entered the NBA

Nerlens Noel has been cleared academically by the NCAA

The Minnesota Supreme Court has overturned a $1 million award against Tubby Smith over the hiring of an assistant coach

Zagsblog says UK makes the final seven list of four star 2013 center Marcus Lee

John Wall will join Michael Jordan and several current and former NBA stars in fundraiser on Aug. 22 for Obama’s get reelection campaign

The Oklahoma City Thunder have signed center Daniel Orton to a non-guaranteed training camp contract

Nerlens Noel believes his coach will keep him in a straight line

Calipari has been raving about 7-foot freshman Willie Cauley-Stein

2013 four star center Kennedy Meeks tells Charlotte Observer he's received a scholarship offer from UK

ESPN officially announces a 7 p.m. Eastern tip time for the UK-Notre Dame game on November 29-the game will air on ESPN 2

Keith Clanton might not return to Central Florida for his senior year because of a postseason ban imposed on the team by the NCAA and could consider transferring to UK

UK just began recruiting 2013 four star power forward Tyler Roberson recently

Calipari says Anthony Davis will be two years ahead in his NBA career because of his Olympic experience

Tubby Smith is still compensated on par with the best coaches in college basketball and the University of Minnesota is paying a premium for his past success

One bad weekend does not undo years of exceptional play for Nerlens Noel

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2012/08/06/2287313/next-cats-draft-express-analyst.html#storylink=cpy

Calipari says he has no intention of getting complacent as he prepares to begin his fourth season as coach of the Wildcats

Doron Lamb will be back in Las Vegas this week to participate in veteran NBA assistant Tim Grgurich's skills camp

Marquis Teague has signed his rookie contract and will travel from his hometown of Indianapolis to Chicago to begin workouts on Wednesday

To compare Nerlens Noel to Anthony Davis at this point isn't fair, but it's what we all do in sports

James Young's former AAU coach says his top four schools are Kentucky, Michigan State, Arizona and Kansas

At this point, UK fans can't even be sure Kyle Wiltjer will end up being a starter

Marquis Teague says that he is closing in on a deal with the Chicago Bulls

Jonathan Givony of Draft Express has stirred the ire of Kentucky fans with his opinions on the play of incoming UK freshman Nerlens Noel at the adidas Nations tournament in Southern California

The Chicago Tribune says most believe Jabari Parker will choose either Michigan State or Duke, but a source close to the situation said Kansas is a strong contender as well

Kentucky, Indiana and Louisville being really good could make for a special year in college basketball

Anthony Davis is part of one of the greatest attractions at the Olympics, even if he isn't asked to talk about it often

Nerlens Noel's projected arrival date at UK, August 19,  is just three days before the start of the fall semester

Marquis Teague seems unconcerned about getting a contract done

The Oklahoma City Thunder has added Daniel Orton to its roster

Anthony Davis is lighting it up in London

Minnesota's contract extension with Tubby Smith includes more incentives, a slight annual pay bump and a higher buyout the university must pay if he's fired after next season

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist looked right at home Thursday at Memorial Coliseum

Even with a new starting lineup, fans should view Kentucky as equipped to contend for a national championship in 2012-13

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2012/08/02/2281901/uk-basketball-players-preview.html#storylink=cpy

The Chicago Bulls do have enough cap space to sign Marquis Teague to the 120 percent pay scale and it doesn't appear he will budge on the issue

Jabari Parker could wait to commit until the spring if he can't decide on a school by the early signing period, his father told ESPN.com today

Doron Lamb, Darius Miller and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist were on the court as guest hosts of the Calipari Pro camp, which is being conducted at Memorial Coliseum

The U.K. Athletics Department said that the arrest of former U.K. Assistant Basketball Coach Rod Strickland for driving on a DUI suspended license may have been a mistake

Former UK assistant basketball coach Rod Strickland was arrested early Thursday morning in downtown Lexington and charged with driving on a DUI suspended license, among other charges

Xavier Rathan-Mayes plans to visit Kentucky unofficially Friday

Anthony Davis' teammates and the U.S. coaching staff say he's gotten better in each practice, giving him more confidence, and in turn, his teammates more confidence in him

Anthony Davis was great against Tunisia

Mitch Barnhart is on top of one of the highest mountains in the world, yet there's carping down below

The KHSAA Boys' Sweet 16 tournament championship game will be played sometime other than Saturday night due to a potential scheduling conflict with UK basketball