The Fake Gimel Martinez (I'm sure you remember him) is doing work for Rush the Court now, and he had this SEC conference preview yesterday for basketball. It's good stuff, as you would expect.
I do take issue with him picking Vanderbilt to win the conference, though. What's up with that? Yeah, Vandy is going to be good, but they are going to win over UK next year? Seriously? Of course, he could be right. But ... I'm not buying.
In other news, Matt Norlander of CBS claimed Calipari took a shot at Mike Krzyzewski, which Calipari promptly denied on Twitter. I ask you, UK fans, brothers and sisters all, would Calipari do that? Being a homer, I take him at his word, even while secretly enjoying the entire affair.
Rick Pitino says he is fine with UK's former players and the Calipari-coached Dominican Republic team facing off in the Bird House. Nation of Blue isn't buying. Neither is Larry Vaught, or Matt Norlander. Or me. Or probably you. The Card Chronicle has projected the appearance of benign indifference that Pitino tried, and failed, to display the other day.
By the by, yours truly has tickets. Of course, I come back from Las Vegas two hours before game time. Please, God and Delta, no delays ...
The rest of the night's links:
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Vote For Top-100 Science Fiction, Fantasy Titles
A pretty good list it is, too. I've picked my 10 favorites. -
Francisco Garcia says Calipari and Pitino are a lot alike.
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Can UK take the next step?
I doubt they can this year, but Eric Lindsey attempts to answer this and several other football questions over at Cat Scratches.
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Bubba Smith has passed away.
Our friends at Maize n' Brew remember. -
Our coach's stock is stable.
At least for this year. - Title IX bites UC-Davis.
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The SEC is pretty tough.
Imagine that. - 2011 NCAA College Football Polls and Rankings for Week 1 - ESPN
- Auburn has lots of vacancies at key positions this year.
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Steve Kragthorpe has Parkinson's disease.
He has resigned his position. Fate has been very cruel to Coach Kragthorpe. -
Dawg Sports previews the Georgia-Kentucky game down in Athens.
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Salinas' assets ordered frozen by authorities - CBSSports.com
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Kentucky faces five top 25 foes this year in football.
My reaction was, "That's all?"