The college basketball season is officially over. Now, the coaching and player carousels begin. Who will go to the NBA? Will there even be an NBA season? Which coaches will now get the axe, and who will get hired away? Will there be any off-season scandals? And then there is baseball, and football, and golf, and ... summertime.
But I'm getting ahead of myself. Here's today's links:
- UConn coach Jim Calhoun joins elite company with third national championship :: College Basketball
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Kensler: Watch out, as usual, for Kentucky's incoming freshman class - The Denver Post
For the third consecutive year, Kentucky's recruiting haul will rank as the nation's best. Incoming freshmen for next season include three players rated among the top four by Hoop Scoop. That's No. 1 Michael Gilchrist, a 6-foot-8 power forward from Elizabeth, N.J.; No. 2 Anthony Davis, a 6-10 center from Chicago; and No. 4 Marquis Teague, a 6-2 point guard from Indianapolis.
We'll be talking about this all summer. Another long wait until fall.
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UConn-Butler brickfest a surreal sight on title night | Beyond the Arc
There’s no sugarcoating with talk of fantastic defense. The 2011 NCAA championship game was bad. Awful. Nearly unwatchable. As Jay Bilas tweeted, "no defense is good enough to cause a good offense to be that bad."
All I can say is this -- if the 1992 classic between Duke and Kentucky was the greatest NCAA Tournament game ever played, it is no stretch at all to say this was the absolute worst, and by a light-year.
- Coach Cal Reloads For Next Season - News Archives Story - WLKY Louisville
- Kentucky Sports Report (week of April 4)
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"I really didn't expect this," Todd said Saturday as he took a seat in Reliant Stadium before Kentucky faced Connecticut in the national semifinals.
Few, if any, really expected it. It sure was nice, though.
- Small crowd gathers at Blue Grass Airport to welcome Cats :: Lexington Herald-Leader
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Kentucky Sports Radio :: Rumors of a new name!
Well, this is the fun part. -
Josh Harrellson Withdraws from Portsmouth Invitational Tournament
What a bummer for josh. -
Dennis Dodd on his John Calipari question :: John Clay’s Sidelines
You may not care but that’s why we do what we do. Sometimes we give you stuff you need to read, as opposed to want you want to read.
This is an explanation? This, with all its hubris and grandiose do-gooderism fairly dripping from every word?
My dear Mr. Dodd, what we want is the truth, not your so-called "informed" opinion. What opinion informed your facetious question to Coach Calipari? Why can't you just ask an honest question and let the public decide what to make of it, rather than attempt to shape opinion and insert yourself into the story? Was that "even-handed" or "objective?"
No rational mind objects to the truth. What all of us object to is opinion cast as truth, or the truth colored by opinions about what we should think. Be objective. Be factual. Be honest. I applaud that and so does everyone else. Do not be judgmental, or carry the water for others including the "good guys." Sometimes the good guys, well, aren't, and your opinion about what college sports should be is worth exactly the same as everyone else's. When you demand to have your opinion placed above others, your true motives are revealed.
What you and so many others do not seem to understand is that you haven't earned the right to have your words given credibility by dint of the fact you think you are objective. If you think you are, you aren't. Nobody is. When you recognize that fact, you have a chance of earning real credibility. Otherwise, your demands to have your words taken as holy writ fall on exactly what they should -- totally skeptical ears.
- Antoine Walker Talks About Season in the D-League
- Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting - Tennessee recruits not dumping Vols yet
- " Was there a "dome effect" at the Final Four? :: John Clay’s Sidelines
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A waaaay too early 2011-12 preseason Top 25 :: Beyond the Arc
Looks good to me. What a bunch of bluebloods. - Guest post: Looking back, UK probably exceeded expectations :: Vaught's Views
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Vote: Was UConn-Butler worst title game ever? :: Beyond the Arc
By far.