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The Bat Cats found a little life this weekend, taking the series off Auburn 2-1 to get just over .500 in the league. Kentucky really needed this series win, and needs another this weekend in Athens versus the Georgia Bulldogs.
Tweet of the Morning
According to sources, UK's two basketball exhibition games this year will be versus Georgetown and Pikeville.
— Matt Jones (@KySportsRadio) May 12, 2014
Works for me.
Your Quickies:
Kentucky football
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Neal Brown says Drew Barker has to learn that every play doesn't have to be a big play. I can truly understand how that is hard for a young guy, a guy who's always been a hero, to wrap his head around.
Kentucky basketball
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This Celebcalls thing by John Calipari got a pretty rough reception, and deservedly so. This just highlights one of the dangers of Twitter. I'm sure the writer (and I seriously doubt it was Coach Cal himself) meant no harm, but it came off as crass, thoughtless self-promotion.
Twitter, as I have said many times before, is the Devil.
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Devin Booker plans to get a little head start on next season. I think that's wise. Via Aaron's blog.
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Kevin Duffy says that current Kentucky players make up a better NBA starting five than other schools. I think he's right. Via Aaron's blog.
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Illinois made a strong impression on 2015 big man Carlton Bragg. If the Illini can win Bragg, good for them. But Coach Cal hasn't unleashed the hounds just yet, I think. Hat tip: Aaron's blog.
Other Kentucky sports
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Kentucky softball earns the 14th overall seed and will host a regional. That's outstanding. They face Ohio on Friday.
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Bat Cats get walk-off win, take series against Auburn. Big series to conclude the regular season at Georgia starting Thursday.
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Ira Combs says Mitch Barnhart's emphasis on minor sports is paying off.
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Women's tennis falls to Virginia in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
Links posts
College football
- USA Today says the College Football Playoff will make it tougher than ever for Cinderellas to crash the party. Probably right.
College basketball
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It should be no surprise to anyone that Andrew Wiggins, Joel Embiid and Jabari Parker will skip the Chicago pre-draft camp. They can only hurt themselves.
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Right now, the Georgia Bulldogs basketball schedule does not leave me impressed. Am I wrong?
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The Oregon basketball players accused of rape will not be charged by Oregon authorities due to lack of evidence of a crime. However, it is clear from the police report that they behaved badly, and inappropriately. Given what we know, I think dismissal is an appropriate punishment, and if Oregon revokes their scholarships, I think it is probably justified.
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"Tarnished Heels: How unethical actions and deliberate deceit at the University of North Carolina ended 'The Carolina Way'" is released. I suppose this is the "Kentucky's shame" of UNC basketball.
By the way, who gets the blame for this? Ol' Roy?
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Transfers put Bob Huggins on the defensive. I'd say so.
Other sports news
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I've done something like this before. In my defense, I think I was about 3/4 of the way through a fifth of bourbon.
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You can expect to see a lot of "interpretations" from both sides in the Donald Sterling affair. In other Sterling news, his wife's attorneys took sharp issue with the NBA's "interpretation" of their constitution.
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John Calipari moved by Kevin Durant's NBA MVP acceptance speech. It was emotional, and a perfect mother's day expression.
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Rufus on Fire looks at Michael Kidd-Gilchrist's season. Consider:
No, the real cause for concern isn't about Kidd-Gilchrist's scoring. Listen, it's not his strong suit. And it probably won't ever be his strength. But he wasn't drafted for his jumper (thankfully), nor for his ability to put the ball in the basket via other avenues. In fact, 57 percent of his drives were converted for field goals, and that's a good thing.
Other news
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Controversy over Youngstown State's hiring of Jim Tressel as president:
"A lot of people thought we’d be a laughingstock if we brought Jim Tressel in here, who’s been disgraced by Ohio State. Regardless of whether you think he got a punishment that was suitable, he did lie and was found to have covered stuff up," Weeks said.
Faculty also said his vision for the university wasn’t clear, comparing his public presentation on his Akron candidacy last week to a football locker room speech. "It wasn’t clear he had much of a vision. He talked a lot about everyone being selfless and having unity, which is fine but it falls short of a vision," said William D. Rich, an associate professor of law and chairman of Akron’s Faculty Senate.