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Cats move up; Cousins honoredFebruary 8th 2010 |
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Kentucky is #3 in the AP poll with two first-place votes
Cats are #2 in coaches poll with one first-place vote
Cousins wins SEC Freshman of the Week award
Victoria Dunlap of UK named SEC player of the week
Kentucky moves up to 17th in women's poll
VIDEO: Calipari pre-Alabama presserFebruary 8th 2010 |
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Click here to see video comments from coach Cal's pre-Alabama press session...
clip 1: he talks about Cousins and Wall and their development and maturation
clip 2: Cal talks about the matchup with Alabama
clip 3: Cal talks about the mindset Cousins must have in dealing with getting fouled and he
also discusses Kentucky's schedule coming down the stretch
There's a clip w/ Demarcus Cousins talking about dealing with getting fouled and why it bothers him.
BB: the race for a #1 seedFebruary 8th 2010 |
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H-L's John Clay writes about Kentucky's competition for a number one seed
Larry Vaught says it looks like Bobby Knight is afraid of Kentucky fans
Ky Sports Radio looks ahead to 2011 and what the team might look like
Big Ten commish Delaney tells Sporting News that NCAA should move slowly on expansion
FB: CFN ranks UK class #38 in USFebruary 8th 2010 |
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College FB News ranks the UK recruiting class at #38 nationally
Larry Vaught writes that landing LB Tim Patterson out of Louisville was big for Joker Phillips
PODCAST: NBC's Tom HammondFebruary 8th 2010 |
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For more than two decades, Tom Hammond was the lead voice of SEC basketball on television. With the league's new deal with ESPN, Hammond is no longer in that role.
Click here to listen to the Mingua Beef Jerky podcast w/ Hammond, talking about his upcoming winter Olympic assignment for NBC and his thoughts on the current Kentucky team.
Tom's Take: strange statsFebruary 7th 2010 |
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Don't be surprised if some stats change in the coming days in the Kentucky-LSU boxscore. There was an unbelievably low number of assists for both teams and UK officials will be checking the tape to see if there should have been more assists and rebounds that were crediited. I guarantee you the assist number was off and I think Patterson may have two or three more rebounds that he got credit for. Not sure what happened but it seemed clear when we reviewed the postgame boxscore that some stats were off. As for the game, what I liked from Kentucky's standpoint is how the Cats took care of business and did not play down to the level of their competition. And not enough was said in the wrapups about Kentucky's defense, led by Patrick Patterson's lockdown on Tasmin Mitchell and Eric Bledsoe's four steals. Since the South Carolina loss, Kentucky has definitely gotten better. There could be a setback or two between now and tournament time, but it looks like this team is getting the message that as good as it is now, it needs to get better before mid-March.
BB: Cousins comes up big againFebruary 7th 2010 |
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Patterson embraces the challenge of shutting down Tasmin Mitchell
H-L's John Clay says Cats had big fun on the bayou v. LSU
Calipari laments unfair treatment of Cousins
VIDEO: Patrick Patterson talks about LSU win
VIDEO: Demarcus Cousins postgame interview
VIDEO: Calipari's postgame press conference at LSU
Larry Vaught says Kentucky never let LSU think it could win
LSU beat writer says it looked like men v. boys yesterday
LSU coach, players rave about Kentucky's talent
Sea of Blue blog analyzes the UK win at LSU
Beyond The Arc writes about national player of the year race
Jerry Tipton's notebook: no Knight for Gameday trip to Lexington
Bama coach questions team's willFebruary 7th 2010 |
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Alabama coach Anthony Grant questioned his team's "character" and "will" after it blew a 23-point lead to lose at Ole Miss before preparing to come to Kentucky. Click here to read the story
FB: Joker looks to next classFebruary 7th 2010 |
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From Chip Cosby of H-L: Joker Phillips looks to next recruiting class, gets honored by hometown
Cats land committment from walk-on RB from Lexington
PODCAST: Jacob Tamme interviewFebruary 7th 2010 |
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Click here to listen to the Mingua Beef Jerky podcast of Tom's interview with former Wildcat star Jacob Tamme, who will suit up for his first Super Bowl this Sunday with the Indianapolis Colts.
Cal opposes NCAA expansionFebruary 6th 2010 |
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In the pregame interview for today's LSU game, Tom asked coach Cal for his thoughts on the debate on expansion of the NCAA Tournament to 96 teams. He does not endorse that idea:
"No, I don't. I think it cheapens league play and it cheapens league tournaments. And I don't know why you'd mess with anything that's as successful as this (NCAA tournament). If you want to add a couple of play-in games for teams that have to win their league tournaments, I'd be for that. I have a different viewpoint. I'm not saying it's mine is right."
Tom's Take: testing Cats' maturityFebruary 6th 2010 |
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It's an intersting test today for the maturity of an extremely young Kentucky team. LSU has only broken 60 points in two of its eight SEC games this season and a columnist for the Baton Rouge paper said in today's story that the media buzz after Thursday's Tennessee game was more about what Kentucky's margin would be rather than what LSU could do to pull off the upset. If the Wildcats come out today at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center and play well, it will make a nice statement about how this team is maturing. Coaches keep practice notes from year to year but coach Cal has never had a team trying to play at this level with this little experience, so it's unchartered territory for him as well. LSU will try to slow this game down so Kentucky's challenge is to find a way to impose its will and not let the Tigers think they have a chance for the upset. One intriguing X-and-O aspect to this game is how Kentucky defends Tasmin Mitchell. You'd think the '3' man would take that responsibility but defense is not Darnell Dodson's strong suit. Could Darius Miller rise to the moment and come up big today, if called upon to guard Mitchell?
BB: gameday at LSUFebruary 6th 2010 |
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LSU's Tasmin Mitchell says Cats are "beatable"
Cousins says improvement shows why he made the right decision in coming to UK
H-L's John Clay ranks UK players on NBA efficiency formula
Larry Vaught talks with Hoops Weiss about Cousins, Wall
Darnell Dodson has put in extra work to hone his shooting stroke
LSU coach talks about one-and-done players
LSU will retire Rudy Macklin's jersey at halftime today
Former LSU coach Dale Brown says an upset is always possible
Wall named one of 11 finalists for Cousy Award
Vote for John Wall for the Bob Cousy Award
VIDEO: Calipari pre-LSU commentsFebruary 6th 2010 |
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Click here to see video clips from coach Cal's pre-LSU media session...
clip 1: Cal talks about LSU and then how Patrick Patterson's NBA stock has risen
clip 2: he talks about how to better protect leads
clip 3: he talks about challenging his players to learn the lessons they need to learn for March
PODCAST: Dan Issel interviewFebruary 6th 2010 |
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Tom caught up with former Wildcat All-American and the school's all-time leading scorer, Dan Issel, this week. Click here to listen to the Mingua Beef Jerky podcast as big Dan talks about Demarcus Cousins' development and the pro potential of the Cats' stars.
BB: Brandon Knight on ESPN2 tonightFebruary 5th 2010 |
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UK prospect Brandon Knight will play on ESPN2 tonight
A poll shows John Wall still leading in the player of the year race
Wall says he's learned how to better handle frustration
Sports Illustrated writer says Wall, Cousins could go 1-2 in the draft
Draft Express says Cousins has best Player Efficiency Rating of past 8 years
Extra work paying off for Patterson
Kentucky Kernel writes notes the night-and-day difference from last season to this one
Sea of Blue says cutting down on turnovers is a key to UK realizing its potential
Coach Cal's I-phone app scores big
NEXT OPPONENT: LSU falls to Tennessee to stay winless in SEC
Spencer's big night goes in vain for Tigers
FB: Joker's most intriguing recruitsFebruary 5th 2010 |
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Ky Ink's Jeff Drummond writes about the 5 most intriguing UK recruits
FB: report says Tee Martin to UKFebruary 4th 2010 |
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Ex-Tennessee QB Tee Martin coming to UK to coach WRs
ESPN SEC blogger Low analyzes UK's recruiting class
Scouts Inc gives Cats a C+ grade for this class
MrSEC.com grades the SEC recruiting classes (UK is 11th)
BB: bogus ticket alertFebruary 4th 2010 |
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UK warns fans about bogus tickets
Kenny Walker wants to see Cousins pass out of the post more often
DIME magazine says Cousins should return for another year at UK
CollegeHoops.net says Cousins is emerging from Wall's shadow
CJ's Bozich says Cousins should be #1 pick
Draft Express doubts Cousins will overtake Wall for #1 pick
Coaches pushing Patterson to be more aggressive
Ky Kernel says South Carolina students are bragging about wins over UK
VIDEO: Joker talks about recruitsFebruary 3rd 2010 |
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Click here to see a video interview with UK head football coach Joker Phillips. In it, he talks about the importance of landing the best player in Louisville (Tim Patterson) and other recruiting news.
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