dr. lee todd Stories - A Sea Of Blue
The NCAA And UK In A Row Over Calipari's 500th Win
As linked earlier by member A2D2, yet another tempest in a teapot has broken out this summer, this time between the NCAA Committee on Infractions and the UK Athletics Department, including Senior Associate Athletics Director and head of NCAA compliance, Sandy Bell. In spite of receiving what...
UK Basketball: Ever-Changing Expectations
Harken back, if you will, to March of 2009. Kentucky Athletic Director Mitch Barnhart and UK President Lee Todd had just executed the much-anticipated termination of Billy Gillispie, a move both condoned and condemned around the blogosphere and newspapers covering the 'Cats. It was a decision...
Josh Selby: Trouble in my Kentucky Paradise?
For a differing view of the Josh Selby de-commitment, please read Tru's take here. By now, most Kentucky fans breathing oxygen are aware of the de-commitment of top-10 rated 2010 point guard Josh Selby from his verbal to Tennessee. But if not, here's an update: Selby, a 6-2 prospect from Maryland...
A year in the life ...
When Tru first approached me to become a front page author here at A Sea of Blue, I didn't hesitate. I've never told him this, but I had been waiting ... and waiting ... ever so patiently for him to ask me just that question -- "Would you like to join me on the front page?" Well, Sunday April...
UK Basketball: Breaking-Down the Meaning of C.A.L.I.P.A.R.I.
It's official -- Kentucky fans are in seventh heaven. I can't find a single UK fan that isn't elated with the selection of John Calipari as the next basketball coach at UK. He's the most dapper, charismatic stimulus package in the history of bail-outs; I have never seen/heard Kentucky fans so...
The Coach's Response and Looking Forward
Well, we have now heard Gillispie's side of the story, and it is pretty much what we would expect. I think the Big Blue Nation universally agrees that Gillispie did a good job, perhaps even the best job of his career, handling that media availability. He was no-nonsense, was as blunt and honest...
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