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Today, college basketball practice begins early due to a new NCAA rule. So unlike previous years, Big Blue Madness this year will not usher in the beginning of the season with a bang, but it will creep in on little Wildcat feet.
Tweet of the Day:
RT @Exhoopsmc: Shout out to Coach Cal & Kentucky offering MJ Cage today thanks for recognizing the skills & potential he will keep working!
— KentuckySportsReport (@MyKSR1) September 27, 2013
That's '16 PF Michael Cage from Mater Dei. Father is 15 yr NBA vet, asst coach Mater Dei & good friend with @UKCoachCalipari. #BBN
— KentuckySportsReport (@MyKSR1) September 27, 2013
That's how we do it at Kentucky.
Your Quickies:
Kentucky football
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Alligator Army has a video analysis of Kentucky. This is pretty interesting.
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Kentucky Sports Network picks UK over Florida by 3.
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The Tampa Bay Times previews the Kentucky-Florida game.
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Team Speed Kills picks Florida over Kentucky, and thinks the Gators will cover because UK won't be able to score on them.
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Battle between Florida and Kentucky could be a close one.
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Yes, I picked UK over Florida as my upset of the year before the season. I'll pick it again now.
— J.Rowland (@RowlandRIVALS) September 27, 2013
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I hate to remind you all of this, but it needs to end.
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Joker Phillips' brother talks about what his brother's return to Commonwealth Stadium on Saturday will be like. I really hope UK fans show some class, Phillips is blue through and through, even though he coaches the Gators wide receivers.
Kentucky basketball
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WBN wonders if Kentucky has a tougher path to the NCAA title in 2014 than in 2012.
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Blue-White scrimmage moved to October 29th, tickets available beginning Oct. 8th.
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New feature over at CoachCal.com — Basketball players "in their own words" starting with Marcus Lee.
Lee looks like a really sharp kid. I think he's going to do well.
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Tubby Smith to be inducted into the UK Athletics Hall of Fame this weekend. Well deserved.
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Top 2015 prospect Stephen Zimmerman thinks Calipari is great with big players. He is.
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Mike DeCourcy tells Larry Vaught what he thinks John Calipari learned from his last two years.
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Karl Towns Jr. glad to have Tyler Ulis as a member of the 2014 class.
Other Kentucky sports
- Kentucky soccer begins conference play on Sunday vs. UAB.
Links posts
College football
- Six players to watch on Saturday. One of them will be playing against us.
College basketball
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Some coaches like, and others dislike, the new rule allowing basketball practice to begin today. I think it depends on your style — if you're into beating the players' brains out on the practice floor, this can be too early. If you're coaching in more of a professional mold, like Kentucky, it's a really good thing.
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Andy Glockner continues his ranking of the top college basketball programs, this time #6-10. Louisville and Indiana are ranked in this range. Sounds about right to me.
Other sports news
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DeMarcus Cousins agrees to $62 million max contract with the Sacramento Kings. So the two 2010 stars at UK, Wall and Cousins, have both receive maximum deals. I think that says a little something about us as well, don't you think?
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Some people aren't happy. Any wonder I dislike Jeff Goodman?
Didn't take Goodman long to get his predictable shot in on Cousins. Wasn't he supposed to flame out and hit 300+ lbs?
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More on Cousins' deal from Mike Prada of SB Nation.
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John Clay reports on Rajon Rondo's recovery from his knee injury.
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B1G commish Jim Delaney says that if athletes don't like the college rule, they can take a hike. Pretty blunt, and I don't expect them to take him up on his offer.