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Kentucky Basketball Recruiting: All Day I Dream About Shabazz?
Most of the Shabazz Muhammad news that's fit to print in recent weeks has been pro-UCLA. First, a Scout.com report ($) indicated that Muhammad, along with fellow Kentucky target Tony Parker, was leaning towards the Bruins. Then, a FOX Sports West story quoted Muhammad as saying: "Losing is a bad...
Kentucky Basketball Recruiting: McDonald's All-Americans Announced
The 2012 McDonald's All-American rosters were announced today on ESPNU. Two of Kentucky's signees, shooting guard Archie Goodwin (Sylvan Hills, AR) and small forward Alex Poythress (Clarksville, TN), made the team. Poythress will represent the East squad in the game, which will be played on March...
Kentucky Basketball Recruiting: Top Prospect Nerlens Noel Reclassifies to 2012 Class
College football's National Signing Day has wound down, but there's one last late night reveal that pertains to...basketball? Yes, basketball. ESPNU's Dave Telep broke the news that Nerlens Noel, a consensus top 5 prospect in the class of 2013, has decided to reclassify to the class of 2012. Noel,...
Kentucky Wildcat Basketball: A 20 Game 'Cat-valuation
The Kentucky Wildcats, with its 77-71 win over Alabama on Saturday (UK's 11th straight win), accomplished something very few UK teams have ever done in the unparalleled history of Kentucky basketball, which is to win 19 of the team's first 20 games. To bring into perspective the rarefied air the...
Kentucky Basketball Recruiting: Derek Willis Becomes the Wildcats' First 2013 Commitment
As expected by the Internet, 2013 power forward Derek Willis committed to the University of Kentucky at a press conference from his high school, Bullitt East. Willis is an area product from Mt. Washington, Kentucky. He's a highly regarded prospect in the class of 2013, ranking as a high four star:...
Kentucky Basketball Recruiting: Thoughts on 2013 Guards Andrew and Aaron Harrison
I attended a high school district tilt in Sugar Land, Texas yesterday--Bush vs. Travis--and did a write-up for Texas Longhorns site Barking Carnival (an SB Nation-owned blog). The game featured Texas commitment Cameron Ridley, but also two Kentucky targets in the class of 2013--Andrew Harrison and...
Kentucky Basketball Recruiting: 2013 PF Derek Willis Reportedly Will Announce His Decision Friday
Let's talk a little bit about local product Derek Willis. The 2013 power forward is a highly regarded prospect, playing his high school ball for Bullitt East in Mt. Washington, Kentucky. In the class of 2013, he's ranked as a high four star: 33rd overall by Scout, 23rd by Rivals, and 42nd by...
No. 2 Kentucky 68, Auburn 53: Same Story, Different Ending
Georgia, Alabama, Ole Miss, Florida, Vanderbilt, and Arkansas -- Those six teams represent the sextet of SEC road losses the Kentucky Wildcats suffered last year, road losses UK coach John Calipari was telling anyone with a microphone about leading up to the 'Cats first league road game of the year...
Kentucky Basketball Recruiting: Obligatory Shabazz Muhammad Update
William Gunter of Cats Pause/247 Sports recently caught up with 2012 uber-prospect Shabazz Muhammad at the Beach Ball Classic, and unearthed some interesting nuggets of information ($). Muhammad stated that he has officially trimmed his list to six schools: UCLA, UNLV, Kentucky, Duke, Arizona, and...
12 Bold Kentucky Basketball Recruiting Predictions for 2012
Inspired by this post from ESPNers Jason Jordan and Ronnie Flores, below are my 12 bold predictions pertaining to Kentucky basketball recruiting. By the way, Jordan and Flores predict that Kentucky targets Julius Randle and Shabazz Muhammad will pick Duke and UNLV, respectively. They also think...
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