Assistant Coach Rajon Rondo

Kentucky coach John Calipari tweeted this on Thursday night:

“John Wall (@jimmywa11), Rajon Rondo (@rajonrondo) & Eric Bledsoe (@ebled24) all plan to enroll in the fall if the lockout continues. Kaboom!”

Oh that Calipari did it again. Since I think there will be a lock out, it would be cool if all 3 of them were assistant coaches of Kentucky. Such a good recruiting ploy too. Calipari can just send a pro out on recruiting trips and get whichever high school kid he wants to fall right into his lap.

This is why John Calipari is the man. He thinks outside of the box. Great move Coach Cal.

Kentucky Extends Coach Cal

Kentucky will announce a two-year contract extension for men's basketball coach John Calipari Monday morning, giving him eight more years with the Wildcats, multiple sources told ESPN.com Sunday night.

Calipari's previous contract was $31.65 million for eight years. The new deal is expected to have a financial increase over his original contract.ESPN

Good, Coach Cal is one of the best coaches in college basketball if not the best. He is constantly having to juggle the players that come in and go every year. Last year he lost Brandon Knight, Josh Harrelson and DeAndre Liggins. But it's no big deal as he has Terrence Jones and Darius Miller return back to Lexington along with the best recruiting class in the country headlined by Anthony Davis, Michael Gilchrist and Marquis Teague.

Cal gets a lot of shit because of the revolving door policy he has and because everywhere he goes, trouble follows. However, in his defense he has never been found guilty of any issues that have happened.

It's Alright Kentucky Will Be Fine

Kentucky may be losing DeAndre Liggins, Scott Harrelson, Terrence Jones, and Brandon Knight but all is good in Lexington as 4 of the top recruits will be joinging Doron Lamb in the quest for a 2012 championship.

Kentucky is getting:
Anthony Davis a 6'9 PF
Michael Gilchrist a 6'6 SF
Marquis Teague a 6'1 PG
Kyle Wiltjer a 6'9 C

So there you have it, a replacement for everyone leaving. Also there is no guarantee that Liggins will stay in the draft.

I know this is wishful thinking with UNC being a powerhouse next year, and Duke getting Austin Rivers. But fuck it, calling it now, Kentucky is winning the championship.

Breaking News: FUCK!!!!

Freshman Terrence Jones, Brandon Knicht and Junior DeAndre Liggins are declaring for the draft. With all the people returning I assumed at least 2 out of the 3 of these guys were going to stay. All they have left over is Doron Lamb. Good thing they have the number 1 recruiting class.

Kentucky/Jay-Z In Trouble?

"Ken Berger of CBSSports.com reports the NBA is planning to investigate how Nets minority owner Jay-Z interacted with some of the players on the Kentucky Wildcats last weekend. It is against NBA rules for a person associated with a team to fraternize with college players and their families. Jay-Z reportedly took pictures with some of the players after they beat North Carolina and there is video of the event. That could lead to a fine from the NBA (ESPN)."

I doubt that this will be that big of a deal. It actually happened in 2007 with Danny Ainge, and it was just a $30,000 fine, which is what Jay-Z probably spends on his toothbrush. I am sure this will get a lot of play on ESPN, but he really didn't do anything wrong. He is a famous rapper, and was watching a basketball game. You better believe all those guy wanted a picture with him. Wouldn't you?

Recap Time: Bob's MSU Pick Was A Little Presumptuous

Morehead's game winner over Louisville, God dammit Pitino


Temple over Penn State


Kentucky over Princeton


Butler over Old Dominion


Nothing to see in that Michigan State/ UCLA game except Kalin Lucas walking his team out of the tournament and out of Michigan State. Whomp Whomp

It's Starting For Kentucky

The NCAA ruled Kentucky freshman center Enes Kanter permanently ineligible to play for the Wildcats, though the school will appeal the decision.

The NCAA student-athlete reinstatement staff decided the 6-foot-11 Kanter received benefits above his actual and necessary expenses while playing for a club basketball team in Turkey. The NCAA defines actual and necessary expenses as those directly necessary for practice and competition on a team. ESPN

I don't blame Kentucky for this and believe this mistake could be made by any team. However, the fact that this happened to John Calipari and Kentucky will only be more ammunition for when they go down hard, because, you know... they eventually will. But this will really hurt Kentucky's now guard friendly offense. Kentucky has options at center with senior Josh Harrelson, junior college transfer Eloy Vargas and freshman forward Terrence Jones. But they will be small and when they play a tall team they will run into trouble.

A Cavs Loss Could Lead To Calipari

We are going to have a little fun with a "what if" scenario. Say the Cavs once again get blown out by the Celtics. What would be the fallout? Many think Lebron would be gone, and I have to agree, but there is another scenario that could happen.

One NBA exec posed this question to Stein: "What if Cleveland doesn't win this series? If LeBron is a [John] Calipari fan, why wouldn't Cleveland go after him?"

As Brian Windhorst of the Cleveland Plain Dealer tweeted in the first half of the Cavs' ugly loss last night: "Calipari sitting courtside next to Cavs bench with LeBron's agent Leon Rose. Two seats from Cavs owner Dan Gilbert (ESPN)."

Interesting right? If the Cavs lose their coach is definitely getting fired. He might be the worst coach in the NBA anyways. It is really a joke. Doc Rivers has been taking this guy to school all series, and to be honest Mike Brown should already be fired.

Still, even if this does get some legs I think it is stupid for Calipari. I am not sold that he is a great coach, but he is one hell of a recruiter. He reminds me a lot of Pete Caroll, and right now Calipari has made a nice home for himself in Kentucky, and it should be a good 3 years until the NCAA investigates him once again.

Anwyays, just something to think about if the Cavs to get bounced.

John Calipari Is The Man

So John Calipari is catching a lot of flack for being interested in the Bulls job (which he denies) and a lot of people are starting to say, "Oh here goes Calipari at it again." The reporters are also saying that he is making a mockery of college basketball with his only caring about one year players.

Well there is an easy fucking solution to that and that's get rid of the age limit in the NBA. If you didn't have the gay age limit in the NBA we wouldn't have to deal with all these one and done players. There was really no need for John Wall, Derrick Rose or Michael Beasley to ever touch school.

Coach Cal already has two really good commitments for this year, and the best player signed for the following year. Kentucky is going to continue to be scrutinized for no reason, and Coach Cal is going to get heat for something the NBA made a problem.

And whoever says Coach K and Duke proved you can do it the right way is an asshole and I already hate you.

Coach Cal Continues To Make A Mockery Of College Hoops

Hey guess what everyone Coach Cal did a hell of a job recruiting again. Yesterday John Calipari followed up his Fab 4 recruiting class of 2009 (result: Elite 8 appearance) with the best player in the class of 2010 point guard Brandin Knight and the best player in the class of 2011 small forward Michael Gilchrist. Gilchrist I guess was Chris Douglass Roberts boy, and that's how Cal got to him.

Brandin Knight and Gilchrist are both poised to be one and doners, and with this signing Kentucky is probably back in the top 10.

And the Kentucky Downfall has Begun.

Lexington police arrested University of Kentucky assistant basketball coach Rod Strickland early Sunday morning. more

This obviously has nothing to do with Coack Cal or any of the players, but Kentucky can't afford to draw more attention to themselves since 5 underclassmen went pro. I don't want people to start digging more and more into their program, because they obviously run a dirty operation. And they can't add attention to Coach Cal's money recruiting bus where they are going to get 5 more of the nations top players.

So cut it out Rod Stickland.

FIVE KENTUCKY PLAYERS HEADING TO DRAFT

Freshmen John Wall, Demarcus Cousins, Daniel Orton, Eric Bledsoe and junior Pat Patterson are all set with amateur athletics and have declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft. Along with a few seniors graduating, this leaves Kentucky with just five players coming back next year.

I knew this was going to happen and I shouldn't be too upset but I am. I hate this. And it isn't anyone's particular fault but it kills me that this is the type of stuff that is going to be happening as long this rule enforcing kids to wait a year is in place.

I made a comment about a week ago on someone's post asking "are John Calipari's Kentucky teams just going to be loaded with one year mercenaries every year?" Apparently he is on that path.

Hey, listen, I get it. If there wasn't a rule in place John Wall and Demarcus Cousins would've most likely been in the NBA. But they can't and they have to do something for a year so they might as well screw around at some college. Again, no one's fault. But isn't something imperatively wrong here? I don't about you DC fans, but I love college basketball and I hate to see it be a made a mockery of by this age rule. With every diaper dandy that takes off to the NBA, especially when they leave a Calipari coached squad, I feel like the integrity of the game, the heart of and soul of the game, whatever the stuff is that makes the NCAA tournament pure and fun, is simply winked at with a wry smile that says "what a joke." I don't know, it just gets under my skin a little bit.

Back to John Calipari. Hey, I don't mind the guy, but I'm not a big fan of his either. Let's set a few things straight: 1. He looks like an asshole. And people who look like assholes usually turn out be assholes and therefore have asshole tendencies. 2. He's a token college coach scumbag. UMASS and Memphis have had their best season's stripped away because of NCAA infractions that this clown apparently didn't know about. 3. Great recruiter, not a great coach. He's a car salesman who knows about basketball is the way I look at it. At the end of tough games against good teams when it matters, his team breaks down and loses.

I shouldn't be mad at John because the rules allow this stuff but it makes me feel better to rant on him. And, I think most people would agree, that this sucks. It shouldn't be like this. But it is what it is as someone once said, and that's the way it's going to be.

So, Kentucky fans, get ready! Because next year you're probably going to have a top five recruiting class and be ranked in the top ten to start the year! It's going to be sick! (Just don't get too attached to the players. Because after the season is over they are going to go in the NBA and make millions of dollars and crack jokes about what a waste of time it was playing in college)

You know who won't be leaving college anytime soon..The Undertaker. He just became 18-0 at Wrestlemania. One more and he'll do something the Patriots couldn't do.



-The Diesel

Big Day in NCAAB

Both Kentucky and Kansas fell for the second time today. The Jayhawks were upset by Oklahoma State, which should crank up URI's win over the Cowboys a bit more, even though it was early in the season. (More on that in a minute.) Personally, I've been rooting for OSU all year so that win holds up. Kentucky went down at the hands of Bruce Pearl's Tennessee Vols and that awful orange jacket he wears.

Sherron Collins poured in 22 for the Jayhawks, but also turned the ball over a season-high six times. 101 of the Jayhawks previous 102 opponents had been held under 50%, but the Cowboys shot over 60%! James Anderson, who leads the conference in scoring dropped 27 to lead the Cowboys to victory.


As for Kentucky, they were trailing much of the game by a fairly wide margin, and managed to cut the deficit from 19 to tie it up late in the game. Kentucky was an ice-cold 2-22 from three. Wall had 19 and Cousins chipped in 15, but it wasn't enough. What looked like a snoozer of a game to begin with, turned into the game of the week as Tennessee turned it up late behind J.P. Prince who got 6 of his 20 in the final 90 seconds of the game.


In all likely hood, these two will still be #1 seeds barring any further slip-ups the rest of the way. I think Kansas will be the consensus #1 heading into the tourney, and Kentucky should be a #1 as well. These two teams are stacked, although Kentucky is very young. Kansas on the other hand has some championship pedigree and should be a good bet to get back to the Final Four.

Rhode Island fuckin' choked and lost to a bad 13-14 St Bonaventure on the road. Jim Baron really needs to lose his job. I don't know if the team quits on him, he is incapable of making adjustments or a combination of both, but it is ridiculous. And I think most Rhode Islanders are pretty sick of watching the rerun every year. Things are looking up for ASU and Cal who should be fighting for a 2nd PAC-10 spot as some of these A-10 teams stumble.

Texas A&M put a thumping on Texas. The Longhorns seem to be falling apart at the seams in typical Rick Barnes fashion, except usually he drags everyone along to the 2nd rd. This year it would seem they are getting an early start on the disappointment.

It's almost March, baby! And things are getting interesting!

The NCAA Basketball Rules Are Kind Of A Joke

I have to quote this:
After filling his stat line again on Saturday (16 points, seven assists, three steals), Kentucky freshman John Wall said he had "no choice" but to enter this year's NBA Draft.

That echoed UK Coach John Calipari insisting to radio host Dan Patrick earlier in the week that Wall would turn pro after this season.

"I joke about coming back, and like you say, he tells me, no," Wall said after UK's 101-70 victory over Arkansas on Saturday.

When a reporter noted that players must obey their coach, Wall smiled and said, "Yeah. I really have no choice."

Calipari told Patrick he'd wrestle with Wall rather than let the freshman return for a second UK season."

"Coach might," a smiling Wall said. "He might pull my eye out. You never know."
Kentucky.com

Both John Calipari and John Wall know the whole system is a joke. I think it's really stupid too. If I was a kid who was as good as John Wall, I would have done the Brandon Jennings technique and at least gone over seas to make some money before going to the NBA. I personally think that there should be no age limit in the NBA. The only big question with this is a person's maturity level. As a high school kid your not mature enough to live in an NBA lifestyle, but is a year in college that big of a difference?

Wall was the preseason number 1 pick in the NBA draft, and is going to be the number 1 pick now. Him going to college was just a waste of his time.

Rich Brooks Done At Kentucky

The 68-year-old Brooks led the Wildcats to a 7-6 record this season and 39-47 mark in seven seasons. If it was his final game, his career college record will be 130-156-4 in 25 seasons, including 18 at Oregon where the field is named after him.

Last January, Kentucky announced that offensive coordinator Joker Phillips will take over as head coach when Brooks steps down. ESPN

The better of Rich Brooks' coaching career is behind him. He was a great coach at Oregon, but couldn't get Kentucky lifted off the ground with any consistency. Joker Phillips will have his handful in the future for a couple reasons, the first is that this Kentucky team isn't that great, and when a school is a basketball first school, it's tough to get the program going. The second is that Kentucky is in the SEC and he would need about 3 straight good recruiting years to ever make noise in the that conference.

AP NCAA BBall Top 25

Well its officially college basketball season and after the first week of games, there have sure been some good ones. Here is a look at where the Associated Press Top 25 Ranking stand as of right now:

1. Kansas (58) 3-0
2. Michigan St. (5) 2-0
3. Texas (1) 1-0
4. Kentucky (1) 3-0
5. Villanova 3-0
6. North Carolina 4-0
7. Purdue 1-0
8. West Virgina 1-0
9. Duke 3-0
10. Tennessee 2-0
11. Butler 2-0
12. UConn 3-0
13. California 2-1
14. Washington 3-0
15. Michigan 1-0
16. Ohio St. 2-1
17. Oklahoma 2-0
18. Dayton 2-0
19. Georgetown 2-0
20. Louisville 1-0
21. Georgia Tech 1-1
22. Clemson 2-0
23. Illinois 2-0
24. Minnesota 2-0
25. Maryland 2-0

Others Receiving Votes: Siena(2-0) 125; Notre Dame(3-0) 91; Vanderbilt(1-0) 82; Florida State(2-0) 76; Syracuse(3-0) 67; Wake Forest(3-0) 59; Florida(2-0) 58; Oklahoma State(2-0) 57; South Carolina(3-0) 42; UCLA(0-1) 36; Xavier(2-0) 36; Brigham Young(2-0) 28; Gonzaga(1-1) 22; Tulsa(3-0) 21; Kansas State(3-0) 19; Mississippi State(1-1) 16; Northern Iowa(1-0) 16; Texas A&M(2-0) 8; Missouri(1-0) 7; Rider(2-1) 7; Boston College(2-0) 6; Mississippi(3-0) 6; Pittsburgh(3-0) 3; Virginia Commonwealth(1-1) 2; Cornell(2-0) 1; Old Dominion(3-0) 1; Utah State(1-1) 1; Western Kentucky(1-1) 1

Rhode Island Update:

1-0
11/18 Rhode Island 78 - Brown 57

Next URI Game: Holy Cross @ URI 11/22 1pm

Well, Looks Like John Wall Is Going To Be The Balls

Does it worry me a little bit that my Kentucky Wildcats struggled against Miami of Ohio? Yes. But believe me, this Kentucky team is winning the chip this year.

Things Are Going Well For Billy Gillespie

Police have charged former Kentucky basketball coach Billy Gillispie with drunken driving.

Police dispatcher Todd Sparrow said Lawrenceburg police arrested Gillispie and took him to the nearby Franklin County Regional Jail.

Gillispie, who was driving a 2009 white Mercedes, was pulled over around 2:45 a.m. ET in Kentucky. He refused to take a breathalyzer or blood alcohol test, WLEX-TV in Lexington is reporting. ESPN

Sucks, first he gets let go by Kentucky, then he gets a DUI. Billy Gillespie did the best he could at Kentucky, however, his recruits weren't up to par. This will only make getting a job harder for Billy Gillespie.

John Wall Pleads Guilty

Kentucky Wildcats recruit John Wall has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor and entered a program for first offenders which could lead to having his record cleared.

Wall, 18, pleaded guilty Wednesday to breaking and entering.

Wake County Assistant District Attorney Phillip Cowan said that under the terms of the plea, Wall must complete 75 hours of community service, pay court costs and program fees and stay out of trouble for the next six months.

This is probably the last thing Calipari needs figuring the media shit storm that is about to hit him. However, Wall is going to be nasty and most likely be in the NBA next year.

John Wall commits to Kentucky

"John Wall has committed to play at Kentucky next season and given John Calipari another one-and-done point guard to help run the dribble-drive motion offense that turned Derrick Rose into the NBA Draft's top pick a year ago (Sportsline)."

Say what you want about Calipari, but the guy can recruit. Wall is by far the best PG coming out of high school, and most people think he will be the #1 pick in the 2010 draft. It sucks that Kentucky will most likely only have him for a year, but he should ease Calipari's transition into Kentucky. He is a bigger PG (6-4) that has drawn a lot of comparisons to Rajon Rondo, but with a better jump shot. Anyways it will be interesting to see this kid playing in the SEC next year...

Oh yea, this is the same guy who was arrested a couple weeks ago for breaking an entering....the new Kentucky Thugcats?