Both Sides of the Rick Pitino Saga…

Wow.  Now the juicy details come out and I mean juicy.  According to Ms. Sypher, Mr. Pitino was the equivelant of the 1 minute man, lol.

Karen Sypher’s Side of the Story and all the juicy detais:

http://pageonekentucky.com/2009/08/12/and-now-the-juicy-parts-of-sypherpitino/

Rick Pitino’s Side of the Story **Much more Tame*:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0812093pitino1.html

Proposed Title to Rick Pitino’s New Book…

“This Ain’t My First Rodeo – Guide to Living Life to the Fullest”

“Rick and Karen Minus 1”

“Porking at Porcini’s: Goodtimes in the River City”  By Pat Forde, Forward By Rick Pitino

“I’ll take abortion for $3000, Alex”

“Bravo Pitino”

“Bringing Out the Kid In You, Fun Times with Rick Pitino”

“Rick Rolled, The Karen Sypher Story”

“Want some meatballs with your noodles?”

“Like Sex on a Couch: It’s All Good”

This one my be a little disturbing, so be forewarned

“Slick Rick’s Abortion Center, you rape em, we scrape em, no fetus can beat us”  All proceeds go to the Cleveland Clinic

“Leaving the Inbound Passer Open creates problems”

Dissecting the 2009-2010 Basketball Roster

I’ve put together a little excel spreadsheet that analyzing this upcoming UK basketball team.  When you look at the talent on this team you will see why so many analysts have us picked as a preseason top 10 team.  If you were to look at last year’s team and analyze the average star ranking compared to this year’s team you would see a huge improvement when it comes to talent.   This year’s team star rating is 4.25 compared to last years team of 3.45.  4.25 was actually the average star rating for North Carolina’s 2008-2009 National Championship team.  Not sure we have the experience that the 2008-2009 UNC team had, but we sure have the talent!

UK’s 2009-2010 Men’s Basketball Roster

Rankings out of High School

Top 10 Players	2
Top 25 Players	5
Top 50 Players	8
Top 75 Players	9
Ave Star Ranking	4.25
Player	Ranking	Recruiting Class	Star
John Wall	1	2009	5
Demarcus Cousins	2	2009	5
Daniel Orton	22	2009	5
Eric Bledsoe	23	2009	5
Jon Hood	40	2009	4
Patrick Patterson	17	2007	5
Perry Stevenson	63	2006	4
Deandre Liggins	28	2008	4
Darius Miller	42	2008	4
Ramon Harris		2006	3
Josh Harrelson		2007	3
Darnell Dodson	129	2008	4

Calipari Did Nothing Wrong!

I’m so sick and tired of all the writers and even previous UK alumni coming out and condemning the hire of Cal at UK. This whole situation has nothing to do with Calipari! I wish someone could please tell me how you are supposed to know that a kid cheated on his SAT?? HOW?? It is completely and utterly ridiculous! Us UK fans need to do all we can to set those making all thees wild accusations straight.  If you take a step back for just a minute and think about the situation,  Coach Calipari recruited a kid who received an SAT score that was APPROVED score by their governing council! How much more legit can you get than that? How is that the fault of the University?  If anyone is at fault here it would be the individual who administered the SAT exam!

Here is an must read article from the Sporting News that explains what was said:

Sporting News Article Link

Ranking the SEC Recruiting Classes

As you can see below, no other school in the SEC can even compare to UK!  Pretty wild.  Looks like good times in Lexington once again!

(1)  Kentucky Wildcats

John Wall (#1 overall, #1 PG)
Demarcus Cousins (#2 overall, #1 PF)
Daniel Orton (#22 overall, #4 C)
Eric Bledsoe (#23 overall, #3 PG)
Jon Hood (#40 overall, #11 SG)
Darnell Dodson (JUCO SF)

(13)  Florida Gators

Kenny Boynton (#12 overall, #5 SG)
Erik Murphy (#79 overall, #22 PF)

(25) Mississippi State Bulldogs

Renardo Sidney (#16 overall, #5 PF)
Shaunessy Smith (NR, 3 star SG)
Wendell Lewis (NR, 3 star PF)
John Riek (JUCO C)

(NR)  Alabama Crimson Tide

Tony Mitchell (#38 overall, #7 SF Rankings from 2008, failed to qualify that year)
Shawn Kemp (#105 overall, #14 C)
Ben Eblen (NR, 3 Star PG)
Chris Hines (JUCO SF)
Charvez Davis (JUCO SG)

(NR)  Arkansas Razorbacks

Marshawn Powell (#72 overall, #20 PF)
Glenn Bryant (#146 overall, #37 PF)
Anthony Borden (NR, 2 star C)
Julysses Nobles (NR, 0 star PG)
Jemal Farmer (JUCO SF)
Delvon Johnson (JUCO PF)

(NR)  Auburn Tigers

Andre Malone (#126 overall, #28 SG)
Earnest Ross (NR, 3 star SG)
Rob Chubb (NR, 3 star PF)
Ty Armstrong (NR, 3 star C)
Kenny Gabriel (JUCO SF)

(NR)  Georgia Bulldogs

DeMario Mayfield (NR, 3 star PG)
Vincent Williams (NR, 3 star PG)

(NR)  LSU Tigers

Aaron Dotson (#89 overall, #21 SG)
Eddie Ludwig (NR, 3 star PF)

(NR)  Mississippi Rebels

Reginald Buckner (#29 overall, #5 SF)
DeAngelo Riley (JUCO PF)
*Aaron Davis intends to enroll in prep school

(NR)  South Carolina Gamecocks

Lakeem Jackson (#117 overall, #23 SF)
Ramon Galloway (#128 overall, #25 PG)
Steve Spinella (NR, 3 star SG)
Johndre Jefferson (JUCO PF)

(NR)  Tennessee Volunteers

Kenny Hall (#74 overall, #21 PF)
Melvin Goins (JUCO PG)

(NR) Vanderbilt Commodores

John Jenkins (#15 overall, #6 SG)

Sensational Six!

We’re back!

Wall Confirmed to UK!

Guys. It’s over! John Wall has decided to commit to the University of Kentucky! It all went down last night as he felt that UK was the right place for him. Jerry Meyers of Rivals.com spoke with Brian Clifton and he said “We had an at length conversation last night,” said Wall’s travel team coach and advisor Brian Clifton. “He felt that the risks that were at Kentucky were acceptable risks for him.”

Here’s to the greatest recruiting class of all time, The Sensational Six!

Rivals Article

Dave Baker reporting the John Wall saga could end today!

Guys,

I just got a tweet from Dave Baker that says “Skies are gloomy but the sun ALWAYS follows the rain! Skies will clear & hopefully the Wall saga will as well. Today could be a BIG DAY!”

Hmmm…

Dave Baker’s Twitter Account

UK on list of 11 of top 13 uncommited players for 2010

The new rivals ranking for top 2010 recruits have been released and UK is listed by 11 of the top 13 players in the class. Unbelievable! It looks like year in and year out UK will be on the list of most of the top players in the country. As a season ticket holder for the past 5 years and a UK graduate who while in school was disappointed when we didn’t make the championship game, 1996-2000, you don’t know how good it feels. Here’s to UK hoisting another Championship banner hopefully very soon!

Rivals 2010 Ranking **Updated 5/13/09**

Wall down to 2 with UK as a slight leader?

Say it’s true please! I’m ready for the John Wall saga to be over. According to ZAGSBLOG, Wall has narrowed his list down to UK and Miami with UK in a slight lead. This is not from Wall himself but from Adam Zagoria’s sources. We can only hope this to be true, but if I were to put money on it I would guess that he comes out and shoots it down. We shall see…

Zagsblog Link