On! On! U of K

On, on, U of K, we are right for the fight today,
Hold that ball and hit that line;
Ev'ry Wildcat star will shine;
We'll fight, fight, fight, for the blue and white
As we roll to that goal, Varsity,
And we'll kick, pass and run, 'till the battle is won,
And we'll bring home the victory.

Pitino press conference

Saturday, Aug 1st 5-7pm Jodie Meeks will be at Towne Mall in Elizabethtown,Ky to sign autographs. The cost is $20 and includes a limited edition print of his 54pt scoring record.

"He [William Wesley] has nothing to do with my son," Witherspoon said after watching Selby in the adidas Super 64 with the Baltimore Assault team. "They have never had lunch together, he's never called my son's phone. He has nothing to do with us."

"If he (Meeks) wants to make money, and a lot of it, this will be the most important decision he will make," Padgett said. "Ask Joe Crawford. He is a hell of a player. Ask him how hard it is to get in the league if you are not drafted.

"There are some guys now in the league who can’t play with Joe, but they are already there. It’s a whole lot harder to get in the league than it is to stay in. Jodie has to remember that."

Words to live by. Jodie, listen to somebody who knows.

UKCoachCalipari...Dinner w/ a special guest that we'll reveal later. Pictures from the forbidden city & the Square to come. (per voicemail 1:47 am et)about 2 hours ago from txt

Any Ideas? ? ?

[John Wall] was awesome and he'll compete with Ed Davis and a few other freshmen for that. However, there is some buzz that Wall believes he might be eligible for THIS year's draft. I've been doing some digging and will be filing a story later today. The short rub is this: Wall is a 5th year senior and depending on how you read the collective bargaining agreement, 5th year seniors are eligible for the draft as long as the turn 19 in the calander year (Wall does). The league is taking a wait and see approach. If he declares, they'll research and make a ruling. If he does declare and is ruled eligible (two big ifs) he's a Top 5 pick in this draft. Maybe Top 3.

Think Rupp didn't ruffle the media. One of my favorite stories Billy Reed tells about him is coming up to ask for an interview outside his office, and hearing the secretary go in and tell Rupp that Billy Reed wanted to talk to him, and Rupp saying: "What does that little turd want now?"

"I think it's all about mind-set -- I think you're still in Christmas mode sometimes," Gillispie said at a news conference yesterday. "I haven't seen a team come back as focused and as intense and seem very determined and hungry like they did yesterday."

"I say this very humbly, and I mean it," Pitino said. "There's not a doubt in my mind that I would not have won a championship with that basketball team. I didn't think it was a championship-caliber team."