Dropping Dimes: Around the internet
Here are a few items of interest in the UK sports world this morning:
Former UK assistant Scott Rigot is apparently trying to get a head coaching position at Coastal Carolina, the school Buzz Peterson just vacated to join MJ.
The Melo Backpedal looks at the likely top NBA draft picks for 2008, and Patrick Patterson makes the grade at #22.

The SEC Sports Report is not done with Billy Donovan, and compares the situation in Florida sports to something out of The Godfather. La Cosa Nostra, anyone?
In more Donovan news, The Ol' Ball Coach offers Billy D. a shoulder to cry on.
Brett Dawson of the Courier-Journal alerts us to the fact that Billy Donovan is working without a contract. Guess the days of the "handshake deal" are not quite over, even if only on a temporary basis.
On the ejection of C-J blogger Brian Bennett from the Louisville-Oklahoma State game press box in the recent super-regional baseball tournament, the New York Times says that lawsuit noises are growing louder at the C-J. NCAA Hoops at the Cincinnati Enquirer also posts on the subject.
The University of Kentucky declares war on student attrition. Now, let's extend that to our student athletes as well.
The News-Enterprise looks at Andre Woodson's maturation from athlete-student to student-athlete. Andre's success at UK is truly spectacular given his woes during the first couple of years he was in school.

From the "What's my raison d’être department", a blog by the name of A Price Above Bip Roberts has this quirky post that is funny. Here is an excerpt:
UK football gets grudging, kinda-sorta respect from the SBN Alabama football blog, Roll 'Bama Roll.
John Clay reports on his blog that Florida is not going to raid UK's coaches yet again after all. It was feared that Jeremy Foley, the Florida AD, had targeted UK baseball coach John Cohen.
The Oklahoman has this article on UK recruit Rotnei Clarke. Yikes, this guy is scary -- it has been years since we had a player this determined.
Update [2007-6-14 18:1:31 by Truzenzuzex]: Here is an interesting from Brett Dawson's blog at the Courier-Journal. It seems that Tubby Smith may be interested in a Waffle House franchise as well.
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UK is NOT a dynasty....
According to Craig and JW the definition of a dynasty is a certain number of championships over a certain number of years. Both numbers were being debated between the two aforementioned radio hosts.
They had mentioned the certain historical teams like UCLA, Boston Celtics, Lakers, Bulls and a few more lesser known Hockey teams. Either way the numbers were looking like 3 champs in 5 years, 5 champs in 9 years and so on. So I decided to text message in to the show to mention UK since no one had bothered to so far. According to JW, "8 championships in 60 years doesn't qualify UK as a dynasty".
I'm sure that you can find email addresses for both Craig Sheman (Ceman??) and "JDub" on the Fox Sports Radio internet site. I would invite all of you to let them know about the Rupp years since they like manipulate the appearance of the statistics to prove the point they want to make.
by blueblood on Jun 14, 2007 12:20 PM EDT 0 recs
i agree...
i don't think any of us would consider dUKe a dynasty either, but they won 3 NCs in 11 years, or about 1 every 4 years. even include the last 6 years and it averages out to 1 NC per 6 years.
the only period i see UK being considered a dynasty is from 1948-1958, when they won 4 NCs, including 3 out of 4 ('48, '49, and '51).
by UKWildCatFanatic on
Jun 14, 2007 1:01 PM EDT
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but you see....
by blueblood on
Jun 14, 2007 1:07 PM EDT
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7 champs is correct ...
by blueblood on
Jun 14, 2007 1:09 PM EDT
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you're right
i don't think any team, especially now, can be a dynasty over more then 10 years.
i guess the only thing i agreed with JW was "8 championships in 60 years doesn't qualify UK as a dynasty." 60 years is just too long. I feel much better about myself that he and i agree on just one point.
by UKWildCatFanatic on
Jun 14, 2007 1:39 PM EDT
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UCLA is short term by those definitions....
by blueblood on
Jun 14, 2007 2:35 PM EDT
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just read the clarke article
all you need to know:
Detractors point to Rotnei's size and speed, or lack thereof. But a week or so ago, after offering a scholarship, Kentucky's Gillispie told Kelly he didn't care if Rotnei lost an inch and 10 pounds and a step.
"With his toughness, that's the kid I want leading my team," Kelly recalls Gillispie saying.
by UKWildCatFanatic on Jun 14, 2007 3:29 PM EDT 0 recs
and that's the mild part.....
That's not to say that I don't respect his work ethic, I know adults that have never been that committed to anything(I'm one of them). I believe that might be, no... I'm sure that's obsessive. He might just fit in at UK.
by blueblood on
Jun 14, 2007 4:41 PM EDT
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Obsessive ... No wonder ...
by Truzenzuzex on
Jun 14, 2007 4:46 PM EDT
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no wonder
by UKWildCatFanatic on
Jun 14, 2007 5:13 PM EDT
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J DUB and SHEman
I missed the J dub and Sheeman comments this morning. I really like their show so I think I'll give em a pass on this one. By their defintion of dynasty I think UCLA during Woodens hay days would be the only qualifier. I think they need to reasess? their defintion.
by davw83 on Jun 14, 2007 6:59 PM EDT 0 recs







