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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...
Q & A with Former Wildcat Great Mike Casey
In the long and rich history of Kentucky basketball, only 26 players have been selected All-SEC three times. Mike Casey is one of them. The sharpshooting 6'4" guard out of Shelby County, Kentucky had a spectacular career wearing the blue and white, graduating with 1,535 points to his credit...
Kentucky Basketball: The Soft Bigotry of High Expectations
Bet you didn't see that lede coming, did you? It's funny, you know, thinking about Kentucky basketball and its incredibly rich tradition, fan base, and overall success. How can such a small state, population-wise, in an area where there is little extraordinary motivation to live (i.e. no beach,...
1966 Kittens -- The Coaches: Adolph Rupp
From the Editor: This is the fourth in a series of short essays from A Sea of Blue member oldcat'69, who played as a walk-on on Kentucky's freshman team in 1965-66 during the Adolph Rupp era. “Adolph Rupp is an arrogant man given to sharp repartee and cutting sarcasm. He is awkward in...
1966 Kittens -- Practices
From the Editor: This is the second in a series of short essays from A Sea of Blue member oldcat'69, who played as a walk-on on Kentucky's freshman team in 1965-66 during the Adolph Rupp era. Under Coach Rupp, varsity practice was from 2:00 to 4:00 every weekday and freshman practice followed...
Big Blue Blast from the Past: Kittens '65-'66 -- a series of remembrances
From the Editor: This is the first in a series of short essays from A Sea of Blue member oldcat'69, who played as a walk-on on Kentucky's freshman team in 1965-66 during the Adolph Rupp era. This first part is autobiographical in nature, and future parts will relate the author's experiences as...
Q&A with former UK All-America, and current Wildcat color analyst Mike Pratt
Many of the younger Wildcat fans only know Mike Pratt as being the color analyst for the UK basketball team. Pratt, and play-by-play man Tom Leach, form one of the best broadcasting duos in college sports. We, as UK fans, are truly fortunate to have them both. But, Pratt has done so much more....
Are Texas and Ohio State better programs to coach at than Kentucky?
Obviously, this piece is in response to a, "Dear Gary" email or letter written to CBS Sportsline contributor Gary Parrish, a guy I generally respect, which was identified earlier in this fanshot. In his response, Parrish lists the top basketball programs in this order: 1. North Carolina 2....
Ethics and recruiting: How far is too far?
We have recently had numerous harsh takes on Kentucky coach Billy Gillispie this year for everything from accepting verbal commitments from middle schoolers to moving Big Blue Madness, and now we have another complaint from The Loathsome Troll Jeff Goodman -- paying players' fathers and...
Kentucky the greatest basketball program in America according to MSNBC's Beyond the Arc
SevenRings has linked this story below in the FanShots, and I knew it was coming and read about it last night, but I wanted to wait until this morning to add my comments. It is axiomatic among Kentucky fans that UK is the greatest basketball program of all time, but that is a partisan...
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