The Big Blue Daily Mail -- Mississippi State Edition.

Something to get you started this morning:

• In The News: Kentucky’s Derek Anderson Screens Documentary Featuring "The Untouchables" – LostLettermen.com

• Chris Diggs smacks down a UK hater.
  Remember the hate piece I linked the other day? Chris Diggs brings the thundah and smacks him around like a piñata. Nice work, Chris.

• Alligator Army Off-Topic: When "out of context" Is Out Of Context - Alligator Army
  Interesting choice of words by Phillips. It's obvious he didn't mean it in a pejorative way, but he sure set himself up to be taken out of context.

• Rush The Court " Blog Archive " Morning Five: 02.16.10 Edition
  Some sad news about Dana Kirk.

• Kentucky basketball's DeMarcus Cousins ready to answer the calls - in more ways than one | courier-journal.com | The Courier-Journal
  Mississippi State fans had acquired UK center DeMarcus Cousins’ cell phone number, and they were putting it to use.
  
  By Monday afternoon — still more than 24 hours away from Cousins’ matchup against Bulldogs center Jarvis Varnado on Tuesday night in Starkville, Miss. — Cousins estimated he’d received nearly 100 phone calls and 1,000 text messages, mostly from Mississippi area codes.
  
  Good grief. Well, hopefully the fans in Starkville will be on at least acceptable behavior tonight. Calling Cousins and making racially offensive remarks is certainly not an image the school would want paraded around in newspapers.

• The Kentucky Wildcats Hit the Road " Big Blue Lowdown :: The Top Destination for Kentucky Hoops

• UConn runs over No. 3 Nova 48 hours after 'embarrassing' loss to Cincinnati
  I don't know if the last two UConn games are a net positive or negative for UK's RPI.

• 3-Pointers: Calipari has nothing to gain with Nets - Mike DeCourcy - College Basketball - Sporting News
• Inside the SEC: Coaches favor expanded tournament | Sports from the Press-Register - al.com

• Inside the SEC: How mighty have fallen: LSU could go 0-16 in SEC | clarionledger.com | The Clarion-Ledger
  I can't understand how LSU could be this bad.

• Everything about UK impresses Stansbury | Vaught's Views

• Billy Gillispie is ready to resume his career | College Sports | Sports News and Videos on th...
  During a recent reflective and wide-ranging interview of more than two hours, Gillispie said he has no animosity toward the university that sideswiped him out of coaching's fast lane.
  
  "I met a lot of great people there and I don't have any ill will toward Kentucky," he said. "The Kentucky fans are as good as there is in the history of sport.
  
  "I got fired from the job, but I understand how the business works."
  
  Perhaps Gillispie has finally turned the corner, and is ready, in the words of Coach Cal, to begin his bounce back.

• Can defensive star Jarvis Vernado handle DeMarcus Cousins? | Vaught's Views
  Good question. We'll know the answer shortly.

• UK's Wall Named SEC Freshman of the Week for a Fifth Time - WVNS-TV - WVNSTV.com

• Basketball Prospectus | Articles | Microfracture in the NBA
  Interesting article, although a bit disconcerting to those of us who have bad knees.

• Cousins wants to show maturity vs. Miss. State - ncaa - SI.com