They say the best teams don’t rebuild, they reload. UK basketball head coach John Calipari and the Cats got a verbal commitment Wednesday that should go a long way in proving that mantra true. Rivals.com’s No. 1 recruit in the 2010 class, Brandon Knight, committed to UK on the first day of the spring signing [...]
‘One world, one Big Blue Nation’ was the slogan put on the cover of the 2009-10 media guide for the UK men’s basketball team. Perhaps it will be the slogan on next year’s media guide as well. The Cats received a National Letter of Intent from Enes Kanter, a big bodied 6-foot-10 forward from Turkey, [...]
Life as a college basketball coach, especially in Lexington, isn’t always easy. It certainly isn’t always fair. So when Rod Strickland was pulled over early Sunday morning in his fourth drunk driving-related incident, the consequences shouldn’t be easy, and maybe they won’t be fair. But if UK wants to get it right, it shouldn’t wait [...]
Videos by Brandon Goodwin UK Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart talks about UK football ticket prices, the current status of UK men’s basketball assistant coach Rod Strickland and the UK athletics budget in general. UK President Lee Todd talks about the overall UK athletics budget, the situation with UK assistant men’s basketball coach Rod Strickland and [...]
Lexington Police arrested UK men’s basketball assistant coach Rod Strickland early Sunday morning, charging him with DUI, driving with insurance, driving with no registration tags and disregarding a traffic device. Lt. Fred Lisanby said Strickland ran a red light at Tates Creek and New Circle Road, nearly colliding with another vehicle. The incident happened at [...]
The Three Amigos are down to two. UK freshman forward DeMarcus Cousins has signed with John Greig, an agent out of Seattle, according to a story from Yahoo! Sports by Adrian Wojnarowski. “There are teams that have done their homework on DeMarcus, and if the lottery ball bounces right, he could be the No. 1 [...]
D-day has struck the Big Blue Nation. Wednesday, April 7 will be known as Decision Day for the UK men’s basketball team, and the roster will look very different. Junior forward Patrick Patterson, freshman guards John Wall and Eric Bledsoe, and freshman forwards DeMarcus Cousins and Daniel Orton all will enter their names into this [...]
UK fans, rest easy. If everyone on the current UK men’s basketball roster stays academically eligible through May 8, the Cats will have a full allotment of scholarships for UK head coach John Calipari’s second season at the helm. Rumors have swirled about eligibility and UK’s potential Academic Progress Rating ever since a UK player [...]
March madness has extended into April. The new Maker’s Mark commemorative bottles honoring UK head coach John Calipari – 24,000 in all – sold out within an hour in the morning on Friday. With demand for the bottles still rampant, the Calipari Family Foundation for Children has arranged with Maker’s Mark to release 8,000 additional [...]
For all of you shocked that Daniel Orton and Eric Bledsoe are probably going into the NBA Draft, be surprised no longer. Chad Ford, ESPN.com’s NBA Draft insider, has had both of those guys in the first round of his mock draft for a while. But in a posting today, Ford says that Bledsoe could [...]
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