We've made it all the way back.
From the depths of the NIT to the top of the world. Rags to riches. Pulled up by the bootstraps. The old #1 is now the new #1.
Instead of being verbose, I'm just going to cut to the chase. The news follows the jump.
- I think this is right.
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" BBL: Presenting the presumptive top-ranked Cats John Clay’s Sidelines
John Clay's exhaustive Big Blue Links. -
Wildcat Blue In a Sea of Orange: From the N.I.T. to #1
Yep. All that.
I still can't really grasp this yet. Perhaps I have to wait till the rankings come out tomorrow but I really can not even begin to describe the whirlwind of a trip we have been on the last year. It's been too long, but in about 28 hours or so and with that, order is restored in college basketball and Kentucky is back at it's rightful place. -
Calipari cool with leaving Kentucky - College Basketball Nation Blog - ESPN
But I think Coach Cal will be on the Rupp Arena sidelines for a while yet, and I am looking forward to every minute, however long it is.
"If I'm still coaching after 10 years something happened. Something drastic," Calipari said. "They're not going to have on my tombstone how many wins I had."
Nothing lasts forever, that's for sure. Let's just hope this is Calipari's destination in a basketball sense. In a life sense, I just wish him the best whenever he decides to move on. He has already done a lot in under one year as UK coach to restore Kentucky, and for that, the Big Blue Nation will always be grateful. -
The C-J's Sunday College Basketball Notebook | courier-journal.com | The Courier-Journal
Smart kid. All of them have exactly the right attitude for now.
Bledsoe told the Kentucky Kernel, UK's student newspaper, that he likely would return for his sophomore season unless he's projected as a top-10 pick in the June draft. -
Cal gets in a dig at Pitino | courier-journal.com | The Courier-Journal
Was that really a dig? I guess you had to be there.
"Pitino's in this building, too; he took an L," Calipari said, referencing the Cardinals' loss at Rupp Arena this month. - UK by the Numbers - 1/24 | straitpinkie.com
- Miller’s career game helps Cats move to No. 1 | Vaught's Views
- NBADraft.net: Cousins, Bledsoe Climb Draft Board
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Cal: Wall ‘better not’ return to UK next season — Jerry Tipton on UK basketball
That's an interesting historical perspective.
"Why would you come back if you are going to be the same pick next year as you are here? If you are telling me that you are coming back on a mission to be the number one pick in the draft then I would say to come on back. Short of that, you got to go because you are not helping yourself. Now you are helping my program coming back and you are going to help me win more games but you won’t believe this. I am OK and my program is OK and the next 50 years what you do is not going to have, will not be a pimple on the butt of this program." -
Nothing less than national title will do for UK fans | cincinnati.com | Cincinnati.Com
It sure would be nice. I'm not buying it yet, but ... it sure would be nice. - "If they make perimeter shots, it's a great debate whether they can be beat or not," Arkansas coach John Pelphrey said in a report by the Lexington Herald-Leader. " ... You'd like to get them in a situation where they've got to shoot the ball out there. But they did very well. It's contagious.
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In the News: Report says Vols athletic department running in the red " The Commercial Appeal
Interesting. -
Kentucky's ascension to No. 1 in Top 25 a long time coming - USATODAY.com
This is an interesting comment, and one that deserves more exposition.
"Calipari's ability to get those elite-level guys to defend and rebound is understated. For him to hold those guys accountable on both ends of the floor is why they're about to be No. 1." - John Clay lists the spots where UK could drop a game this season.
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Georgia's Travis Leslie can dunk - Searching for Billy Edelin
Yes. He can. -
Kentucky Sports Radio " Blog Archive " Yet another nickname for Demarcus Cousins
You just gotta laugh with the big guy. That is one funny pose he strikes there. - Funny. But apparently true.
- College Basketball Plus: Can Kentucky maintain No. 1 spot in AP poll? | NJ.com: College basketball blog - - NJ.com
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Calipari knows best for the young Cats…road trips ahead! " Talk UK Sports with Tom Leach & Kentucky Bank
Exactly right, I think.
South Carolina ranks as one of the worst defensive teams in the SEC and they have basically a one-man offense so one would have to like the Cats’ chances in this one, barring a complete meltdown of mindset. But the toughest part of the schedule lies ahead, with two games still left against Vandy and Tennessee and a road to Mississippi State among other stops. - UK players’ parents face ticket crunch, too | Vaught's Views
- Unanimous, and undefeated.
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