The Big Blue Daily Mail -- Evening Edition

• Tee Martin Podcast: Heading Back To The SEC To Coach Kentucky – LostLettermen.com

• Forget all the denials, what are the probabilities Pitino would take the Nets job? | College Hoops Journal
  I think the probabilities are next to non-existent.

• Gator Clause
  This analysis looks reasonable to me. How interesting is it that UK has suddenly become such a difference-maker that a win versus the 'Cats can seal the deal as far as getting into the NCAA tournament is concerned?

• Anything but Gatorade: WHAT'S LEFT ON THE SCHEDULE?
  Great stuff by ABG.

• Recruiting Fair Gives Overlooked Players a Second Chance -- NCAAFB FanHouse

• Vaught's Views: Who is the Wildcats' MVP?: AMNews.com
  Interesting debate. I'm not quite ready to declare, myself. MVP is all about tournament time, to me. The cream rises to the top then.

• To a man, Kentucky basketball tired of zone defenses | courier-journal.com | The Courier-Journal
  UK will be seeing them for the rest of the year, I expect.

• Zone defenses teaching Cats to be patient | KentuckySports.com

• Sell-outs: Students take advantage of high demand for UK men’s basketball tickets - Blue Nation Blog
  Interesting problem.

More after the jump.

• The Big Bluegrass Blog " Is UK getting better? 3 big questions need answering
  I think we examined this issue a few days back.

• Cats could debut new Nike uniforms against Volunteers on Saturday : The Kentucky Kernel

• Is Calipari too NBA-oriented? | Vaught's Views
  Offered without comment.

• Video: Roy Williams Putting Haiti, Catastrophe, and UNC’s Basketball Season in the Same Sentence | The Big Lead
  If these were the words of Calipari or Pitino or Coach K, everyone would have pounced. Roy Williams gets another pass. [WRAL Sports]

  God knows, that's true.

• UK Basketball: Liggins confident, comfortable: WinchesterSun.com
  Liggins is doing great. Where, oh where, have his detractors gone?

• Best rivalries are local - Beyond the Arc - msnbc.com
  Kentucky-Tennessee is a good example. Two neighboring states, die-hard fans and good hoops, but because they’re in football country, it doesn’t get a ton of national attention. (It should, though. Calipari and Pearl alone are worth extra attention.)

  Indeed.

• Duke's 64-54 wins ends North Carolina's hopes for turnaround - Seth Davis - SI.com
  I don't know whether to laugh or scoff. With Davis' track record, if UNC wound up a 4 seed I wouldn't be surprised.

• Is Orton’s knee okay or not? | Vaught's Views
  Let's all hope so.

• C.J. Leslie Diary: Coach drop-ins & Final Four picks | 2K Sports Presents High School Hoop Powered by Dime
  I'd love to have this guy at UK, and I'm betting that's eventually where he winds up. Too many connections.

• UK Football: Q 'n' A with new receivers coach Tee Martin, head coach Joker Phillips: AMNews.com
  Larry Vaught interviews Tee Martin.

• Phillips remains loyal to Franklin as Wildcats’ leader
• Does Pitino want to coach lowly Nets? Well, who wouldn't? - NBA - CBSSports.com Basketball

• Five Kentucky targets in McDonald's game
  That's what I'm talking about! I think we could get all five. Why not? We'll most likely be needing them all.