Julius Randle will be visiting the University of Florida this weekend for his second of his five official visits this fall
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Lexington Center Corp President and CEO Bill Owen says the University of
Kentucky basketball team will be able to move into its re-constructed
locker room in Rupp Arena by the time of the home opener on Nov. 16 against Lafayette
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Marquis Teague will appear at the East vs. West Exposure Basketball Camp, Oct. 13-14 at T.F. South High School
Friday, September 28, 2012
The University of Kentucky men’s basketball program has released
additional televised non-conference games for the 2012-13 season,
including the annual Blue-White scrimmage and both exhibition games
John Wall will miss about eight weeks after being diagnosed with the early stages of a stress injury in his knee
With the first presidential debate set for Wednesday, the campaigns are hard at work trying to jockey for advantage
James Young will take an unofficial visit to Kentucky this weekend, but is not expected to commit on his visit
Thursday, September 27, 2012
The one thing Anthony Davis said he learned most about his impending journey from his summer Olympic experience is he has to bulk up
The fact that James Young is making an unofficial visit to Kentucky so close to his in-home visit is a great sign for the Wildcats
Marcus Lee will now decide between the proximity and appeal of California and the tradition and star power of Kentucky
Calipari will receive the inaugural Nell and John Wooden
Coach of the Year Leadership Award tonight in Washington, D.C.
Nerlens Noel tells SI.com about a conversation with a college coach during his recruitment
process who urged him not to let money play a factor in luring him to
Kentucky
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Washington Wizards coach Randy Wittman says point guard John Wall needs to progress in his NBA development
Tickets for UK basketball’s annual Blue-White scrimmage are set to go on sale Thursday, Oct. 4 at 9 a.m. EST
DeMarcus Cousins is already performing better than Andrew Bynum did at this point in his career on both ends of the floor
Marshall County Hoop Fest is nearly finalized and it’s shaping up as a
showcase for some of Calipari’s biggest recruiting targets
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Athlon Sports College Yearbook predicts a Louisville-Kentucky national semifinal game – with the Cards winning the rematch in Atlanta
UK can’t go wrong with any combination of these players and the class of
2013 has the potential to be the best class yet for Calipari
Noah Vonleh has been considered a possible target of the University of
Kentucky, although the Wildcats aren’t thought to be pursuing him as
hard as others
Jabari Parker hasn't arranged a visit with the Wildcats and there are no indications that one is in the plans
Derek Willis talked with The Louisville Courier-Journal last week about his progress and goals
and how he’s dealt with a drop in the recruiting rankings
Zagsblog says Aaron Gordon's visit to UK hasn't been finalized, but it might be the weekend of October 27th
Monday, September 24, 2012
The father of the Harrison twins says his sons have not scheduled any upcoming campus visits and haven’t discussed taking a trip to the University of Kentucky
for Big Blue Madness
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Arsalan Kazemi has enrolled at Oregon and will be in class for the first day of the fall quarter Monday in
Eugene
Two sources with knowledge of Arsalan Kazemi’s situation indicated that he had decided on the Oregon Ducks
Michael Porter went to court for a status hearing on Friday morning and requested that he be allowed to remove his ankle monitoring
bracelet in order to get a job
Two of the nation’s top five high school juniors — Chicago center Jahlil
Okafor and Apple Valley, Minn., point guard Tyus Jones — hope to play college basketball together
Saturday, September 22, 2012
A source tells Zagsblog Andrew and Aaron Harrison have a different opinion than their father on where they should go to college
Friday, September 21, 2012
CBS' Jon Rothstein is hearing that Kentucky’s starting five will be Ryan Harrow, Archie Goodwin, Alex Poythress, Kyle Wiltjer, and Nerlens Noel
The mother of a teenager at Billy Gillispie's summer basketball camp
claims in a letter to a top school administrator that the former coach repeatedly verbally abused her son
The father of five-star Chicago junior center Jahlil Okafor confirmed
that his son received a scholarship offer from Calipari on Wednesday
Anyone who thinks Billy Gillispie won't be given a chance to coach again hasn't been paying attention to our history
The next step in the process for Kennedy Meeks will be lining up his official
visits and making a decision, which could come either this fall or in
the spring
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Tyler Roberson has a pretty good idea of his top five schools and says the Wildcats could get an official visit
Calipari reportedly has made an offer to Jahlil Okafor, the top rated post player in the Class of 2014
Former Rice forward Arsalan Kazemi met with Oregon basketball coach Dana Altman in Houston on Wednesday
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Gary Parrish of CBSSports.com asks if schools should be building statues of men who recruit and draw-up plays for a living
During a visit to Roselle (N.J.) Catholic High School Tuesday night, Calipari and Orlando Antigua offered 2013 forward Tyler Roberson a scholarship
Former Rice star Arsalan Kazemi told SI.com that he's likely to decide
on a transfer destination by the end of the week and that Oregon and Kentucky are his early
leaders
Professional European leagues also remain a viable option for Arsalan Kazemi, but there has been no indication yet that he intends to go overseas to play
DeAndre Liggins visited Chelsea Whithorn’s
kindergarten class to read a book as a part of the Thunder Reading Time
Out, presented by American Fidelity Assurance Company
Pat Riley's stunning $11.75-million penthouse makes Kentucky’s eye-popping Coal Lodge look like a true college dorm
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Calipari led a tour of the new player dorm, Wildcat Coal Lodge, for
media and others who attended the dedication Tuesday of the new Joe B.
Hall statue on the site
Andrew Wiggins is expected to decide whether or not to reclassify to the Class of 2013 within a couple weeks
The Billy Gillispie situation seems to be growing more bizarre, and
there doesn't seem to be any kind of conclusion or consensus coming
anytime soon in Lubbock, Texas
The University of Kentucky Athletics Department unveiled a statue of former coach Joe B. Hall Tuesday morning outside the northwest corner of
the new Wildcat Coal Lodge
Arsalan Kazemi from Rice University is transferring and considering Kentucky, Texas, Oregon, Ohio State, Florida and Cincinnati
Monday, September 17, 2012
Calipari offered a scholarship to Marcus Lee during the home visit Sunday night and he will meet Tuesday with forward Tyler Roberson in New Jersey
Billy Gillispie said doctors have ordered him to avoid any stress for 30 days in an effort to bring his blood pressure down
Saturday’s alumni extravaganza at Rupp Arena was one of those events it’s hard to argue could happen many other places — if any
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Earlier this evening, Billy Gillispie
landed in Lubbock after a short stay for what was called tests at the
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota
An announced crowd of 10,173 watched former UK players and selected
participants from Calipari's Fantasy Camp try to defy time and gravity
2013 point guard Demetrius Jackson recently saw increased interest from UK and implied
the Cats were in his top five
The soon-to-be-completed documentary film that its makers hope will
become "the ultimate piece of University of Kentucky basketball fan memorabilia" began in an unusual way
Friday, September 14, 2012
James Young would have no problem co-existing with Andrew Wiggins, Julius Randle and the Harrison Twins should all — or some — of them end up at Kentucky
Calipari didn’t make a stop in Huntington recently to visit Andrew Wiggins during his cross-country recruiting trip, despite previous reports
Although he's repeatedly appealed through social media for more fans to
attend charity exhibition games on Saturday, Calipari can accept the idea of a less-than-big Blue Nation in Rupp Arena
A Franklin County judge is weighing whether to grant former University
of Kentucky basketball star Richie Farmer's request to reduce his child
support payments
Richard Willis was arrested in West Virginia and is accused in the
shooting of former UK basketball player Desmond Allison
Fans will get their first chance to see basketball this year at the UK alumni charity game at Rupp Arena on Saturday
Indianapolis radio host Dan Dakich caused quite a stir Friday when he
said on air that 2014 recruit Trey Lyles had visited Kentucky during the
NCAA-mandated “dead period” in July
Scout.com basketball recruiting analyst Brian Snow says it is certainly the bet right now that Jabari Parker will attend Michigan State
Thursday, September 13, 2012
UK offered a scholarship to Trey Lyles and his family is considering taking a visit to Lexington soon
Four-star recruit Dominic Woodson is no longer seen as a viable option for UK, according to his high-school coach
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Calipari’s latest big idea arrived at Rupp Arena on Wednesday when a moving truck rolled into the building with some precious and impressive cargo
Kentucky doesn't have an in-home visit set up with Jabari Parker, but is firmly on his final list of potential schools
A piece of the basketball court from the Superdome, where the Wildcats
won their eighth national title now has a home in Rupp Arena
The universities of Kentucky and Louisville and home-state California
have emerged as the three finalists in the recruitment of elite center
Marcus Lee
Dick Vitale says his gut feeling is this situation will be settled with a buyout, which will see Billy Gillispie leave Lubbock
Tayshaun Prince will help launch a commemorative wine bottle that will
benefit the Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s child nutrition
program
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Billy Gillispie left Lubbock on Tuesday bound on a private plane to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota for treatment
Billy Gillispie is no longer making day-to-day decisions for the Texas Tech basketball program so he can focus on his health
Calipari offered $20 lower-level tickets for the alumni showcase event that will feature several former UK players now playing in the NBA
Monday, September 10, 2012
Richie Farmer's house in Franklin County will be sold at public auction on Sept. 24 to help satisfy a foreclosure lawsuit against him
Brandon Knight has big expectations, a lot of energy, but a Plantar fasciitis condition that often lingers
Texas Tech leading scorer Jordan Tolbert said today he doesn't want to play for coach Billy Gillispie if he returns from an extended medical leave
Other figures close to Billy Gillispie and the Texas Tech program have come to the embattled coach’s defense in recent days
Texas Tech officials say that no decision has been made on Billy Gillispie's future, but it's tough to imagine him surviving this chaos
Sunday, September 09, 2012
Kansas coach Bill Self chose to talk with ESPN.com's Jason King about the controversy
surrounding friend and former assistant Billy Gillispie at Texas Tech
Embattled Texas Tech head basketball coach Billy Gillispie will not
return as Red Raiders coach this coming season, a source tells Deadspin.com
Saturday, September 08, 2012
A jury has convicted a woman as part of unruly behavior that broke out
by celebrating fans during the championship run by the UK men's basketball team
Tubby Smith's recruiting issues and his lackluster success in his five years have not gone unnoticed by the new University of Minnesota administration
Friday, September 07, 2012
If Calipari loses a recruit to a fellow college basketball
juggernaut, it certainly won't be because living conditions at Kentucky
were inadequate
The man wanted in connection with the murder of former University of
Kentucky basketball player Desmond Allison has been arrested in
Huntington, West Virginia
Enes Kanter began one-on-one workouts Monday with former NBA All-Star small forward Kiki Vandeweghe in Los Angeles
The rapper Drake will serve as one of the two coaches for the UK alumni charity game Sept. 15 at Rupp Arena
Calipari and Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton will be front and center Sunday to watch Andrew Wiggins
Thursday, September 06, 2012
Calipari doesn't appear to be too worried about all the attention freshman center Nerlens Noel has been getting this summer
The NCAA and the men's basketball selection committee have discussed the
possibility of moving the Final Four out of a dome and into an arena in
a major metropolitan city
Texas Tech disclosed that it had reprimanded Billy Gillispie earlier this year after learning he was
exceeding NCAA practice-time limits
Some of the allegations of Billy Gillispie’s conduct at Texas Tech make the
petty tyranny he practiced with UK’s Josh Harrellson appear almost
benign by comparison
As it stands, the rest of the top 10 is racing for number two behind Florida in the 2013 recruiting rankings
Calipari wants the UK alumni charity game coming up on September 15th at Rupp
Arena to be a huge success so that he can build off of the event and do
other things like bring Wildcat legend "Wah Wah" Jones back to a game
Wednesday, September 05, 2012
As Billy Gillispie remains in a hospital room with his coaching
career in jeopardy, allegations continue to surface about his
mistreatment of players, coaches and others in the Texas Tech program
According to ESPN's Andy Katz, it is likely that Aaron and Andrew Harrison will visit College
Park for Midnight Madness on October 12th
Four-star senior center Dominic Woodson and highly regarded sophomore
wing Montaque Gill-Caesar will make unofficial visits to the University
of Kentucky on Saturday
If UK's pieces fit together in the right way, the Wildcats will be right in the thick of the national championship race
Tuesday, September 04, 2012
2014 recruit Chris McCullough has received texts from Calipari, although the Wildcats have yet to offer
Thomas Robinson of the Sacramento Kings doesn't think anyone else threatens him from being named the NBA Rookie of the Year
The anticipation of Brandon Knight's second-year improvement is one of the Detroit Pistons’ biggest points of intrigue
Monday, September 03, 2012
Sunday, September 02, 2012
Doug Collins lauded Anthony Davis a star in the making in terms of basketball savviness and off-court maturity
Saturday, September 01, 2012
Calipari is a mover and a shaker and that motivates people to pull out their wallet or checkbook for the benefit of those less fortunate
Brandon Knight appeared at Sawgrass Springs Middle School on behalf of the Alliance for a Healthier Generation
The rebellion of the Texas Tech players adds to what has already been a
turbulent tenure for Billy Gillispie since the Red Raiders hired him in spring
2011
Don’t be surprised if Alex Poythress makes an early impact at Kentucky this year during his freshman season
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