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John Calipari Told His Team That They Probably Need to Get Beat

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

There is a new number one team in college basketball. After Syracuse lost this weekend without Fab Melo, on the road against Notre Dame, it opened the door for John Calipari’s young Kentucky Wildcats return to the top of college basketball. While the young ‘Cats have had a number of ...

Tom Crean Explains His Goofy Reaction to Indiana’s Last-Second Victory

Tuesday, December 13th, 2011

The reaction at Assembly Hall when Christian Watford hit his last-second 3-pointer was pretty awesome. With the Indiana Hoosiers dropping the No. 1 team in the country in that fashion, it was pure pandemonium. At least for everyone but Tom Crean. The Hoosiers coach had an equally memorable reaction, but ...

John Calipari Thinks This Year in College Basketball Will Be Similar to 2008

Monday, October 31st, 2011

You have got to give it to John Calipari. Everywhere he goes, he wins. When he took over the head coaching gig at Kentucky, the Wildcats were more of an also-ran in college basketball, a middle-of-the-pack team in the SEC. Calipari took over three years ago and it didn’t take ...

John Calipari: The Only Way Players Can Get Paid Is If Superconferences Are Created

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari signed a contract extension this week which ties him to the Wildcats until 2019. Asked if players will be getting paid by the time that contract runs out, he basically said he hopes so -- that players start receiving a cost-of-living fund -- but there ...

Charles Barkley: “I hate young kids coming to the NBA, because that’s not what the draft is for.”

Monday, June 27th, 2011

You don't think we'd let the 2011 NBA Draft come and go without checking in with Charles Barkley to see what he had to say did you? Of course not. Sir Charles is typically pure gold in his reactions and assessment to the NBA's major developments, and not just because ...

Kentucky Coach John Calipari: “We Lost Seven Players, Significant Players. And Guess What? We’re Fine”

Wednesday, March 30th, 2011

The Kentucky Wildcats were never supposed to be in this position. Okay maybe that's not true. Kentucky was supposed to be Final Four bound. A year ago. Not now. Kentucky was a No. 1 seed in last year's Big Dance thanks to a team chock full of talented players that ...

Josh “Jorts” Harrellson Is Relishing Every Moment Of Playing Time This March As The Wildcats Dance Into The Final Four

Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

Kentucky senior center, Josh Harrellson, may have been a forgettable name to start the season for the Wildcats, but the big man who played all of 28 minutes last season has made the most of his opportunities this season. Harrellson has put up double-digits points in all four games of the NCAA tournament ...

Slighted When it Came to Seeding, Can Kentucky Make a Final Four Run?

Tuesday, March 15th, 2011

As usual, the night of Selection Sunday was mostly about arguing over which teams got in over the teams that got left out. It appears the consensus was that there were some real head-scratchers, but it's not like the blunders ended merely at who got in and who didn't. Try Kentucky ...

John Calipari: “Let me tell you about my last two point guards that have gone in the NBA…”

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

Think it's a coincidence that John Calipari finds a way to get the very best recruits to come to wherever he's coaching? No, I'm not saying he breaks or bends the rules to accomplish that feat (though he might). I'm just speaking about his impressive charisma and ability to talk ...

Patrick Patterson: “I’m just trying to let my workouts do the talking.”

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

It wasn't exactly an illustrious career, but at the end of the day, here we are and Kentucky forward Patrick Patterson is right where he hoped he would be when he stepped foot on campus in Lexington in 2007 - on the doorstep of being selected in the 1st round ...