News of the Morning

by Glenn Logan on May 2, 2007 7:04 AM EDT in Kentucky Wildcats News

Just a quick rundown of the news headlines for the Big Blue Nation this morning.

First, a rarity -- a Kentucky Mr. Basketball who went out of state to play for another college gets inducted into the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame. His name is Jeff Mullins, and he went to ... drumroll please ... Duke! For those of us old enough to remember, he was also a 3-time NBA All-Star. Even back then, we lost big-time players to other schools.

The Courier-Journal covers the Beas Hamga recruitment here.

The Herald-Leader says that Michael Sanchez will visit UK the weekend after Derby. The idea that he will actually go out in 2007 seems to be winning out in this one. I think if he actually comes here to visit, it is likely that we will become the leader for Sanchez.

This Rivals article (subscription) talks about Kentucky's suddenly active recruitment of on of 2008's most sought-after big men, Greg Monroe.

Billy Gillispie will speak at Huntington High School's annual boys basketball banquet. Of course, Patrick Patterson will be in attendance. Gillispie can't have a recruiting contact per NCAA rules, but it doesn't hurt for him to be up there in front of Patterson talking basketball. Hat tip: UK Big Blue Cats blog.

I haven't done much blogging about the football team, so this one is long overdue. According to this report, three Wildcat linemen have invites to try out for professional football teams. We covered long snapper Jason Dickerson's invite to try out for the Detroit Lions earlier this week, but two more 'Cats have also been invited.

Update [2007-5-2 8:11:29 by Truzenzuzex]: Thanks to commenter dave for pointing out that we have been linked by Dick "Hoops" Weiss at the New York Daily News, along with KSR. Thanks for visiting ASOB, Dick! Come back real soon, y'hear?

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Hey guys,

Dick "Hoops" Weiss linked to Sea of Blue and Matt's blog:

http://tinyurl.com/32xv8w

Congrats!

by dave @ A Sea Of Blue on May 2, 2007 7:14 AM EDT reply actions

Thanks for the heads up, dave!

Woohooo!

We is famous, we is. Time to break out the moonshine. :-)

by Glenn Logan on May 2, 2007 7:58 AM EDT up reply actions

Nice work, Tru

He's got better hair than Trump, IMO.

by catlanta91 on May 2, 2007 9:34 AM EDT reply actions

im having a vision..

im beginning to think that our last two signees will be lucas and hamga. that's not a combo that's thrown arounf very often, but i think it will happen.

Lucas is going to announce before patterson, so that tandem won't necessarily come to fruition. I see lucas, with a little pressure from moms and pops, signing with UK in hopes that pat will come, too. Meanwhile BCG needs an answer from pat, doesn't get it and pulls the trigger on hamga -- who i am more excited about at this point anyway. (KSR described Hamga this way: "Think what you had always hoped Jules Camara could be... this one could be big folks.")

Meanwhile Pat and Sanchez are left out cold, pat goes to UF and Sanchez goes to Arkansas. Let's keep this family in the SEC, shall we?

by boobs on May 2, 2007 1:55 PM EDT reply actions

I'm curious ...

why do you think Sanchez or Patterson aren't coming and Lucas is?

by Glenn Logan on May 2, 2007 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions

mostly hunchy

but ive always felt lucas was more into UK than was patterson. since lucas will be making a decision first (it seems) i think he'll go with uk, given his mother being friends with coach sip's wife and his dad being a fan of gillispie's and all that. lucas seems more impressionable, and i think billy clyde makes great impressions.

that gives us one scholarship left, and like i said, i just think this beas hamga thing is going to happen. Patterson can keep heehawing around, but it doesnt mean billy will wait on him. i can see it coming down to the wire and billy getting a feeling patterson might not be coming, and then landing hamga. sanchez is just the odd man out, i think. the only way we get him is if lucas goes elsewhere. the numbers just arent there.

by boobs on May 2, 2007 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions