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Wilie Cauley-Stein has had a great Kentucky career, and this may be the embodiment of just how good he’s been:
Willie Cauley-Stein needs 67 blocks to be the #1 shot blocker in UK history College GameDay LIVE on ESPNU pic.twitter.com/JW9QpDPgFs
— ESPN College BBall (@ESPNCBB) February 7, 2015
I think he’ll get there, but he does need to get moving. Lately, he’s been very quiet in this area.
Tweets of the Morning
Florida looks to have brought a good 50-60 people to Gameday today.
— Matt Jones (@KySportsRadio) February 7, 2015
Heh. When Florida isn’t very good, their fans have zero interest in basketball. And:
OHHHHHHH Snap!!!!! RT @MrsTylerKSR: Of what? pic.twitter.com/kftjPM9J9A
— Matt Jones (@KySportsRadio) February 7, 2015
Seriously, Gator fans? Jealous of being a likely NIT team? Well, unless you manage to beat UK today, I guess. This is pretty much a role reversal from last year, and I like that very, very much.
Your Quickies:
Kentucky football
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Chris Matthews, contra the stories we heard during the Super Bowl, never worked for Foot Locker. Weak research, NFL.
Kentucky basketball
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Interesting:
On Gameday story, Willie Cauley-Stein says he and Calipari have had a Book Club together and that the book "The Energy Bus" changed his life
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Heh.
Billy Donovan calls Kentucky "the gold standard" in the SEC. John Calipari should think about using that line.
— Kyle Tucker (@KyleTucker_CJ) February 7, 2015 -
It’s straight to the dentist to me after seeing this:
Ryan Lemond is wearing this same outfit today RT @TheTimMiller: @MrsTylerKSR @KySportsRadio Game Day! #BBN pic.twitter.com/fcndwLisZs
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Trey Lyles will not be playing today:
Trey Lyles did not make trip to Florida
— Jerry Tipton (@JerryTipton) February 7, 2015 -
What concerns Donovan the most about Saturday’s game is Florida’s rebounding. Vanderbilt outrebounded the Gators 42-26 in a 67-61 loss on Tuesday in Nashville, the fourth time in the last five games that UF has lost the battle on the boards. Before that, the Gators had been outrebounded six times in 17 games.
What concerns me is rebounding as well. Kentucky got thrashed on the boards last game by Georgia even thought the Dawgs’ leading rebounder was on the bench with a concussion.
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John Calipari is giving attention to autism. Awesome. He does a great job for some really worthy causes.
Other Kentucky sports
Links posts
College football
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Interactive map of National Signing Day for the SEC. These things are always pretty cool, and nobody does them better than Good Bull Hunting.
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The NCAA rule that schools use against recruits, and that they are never going to change.
I do think this sucks, but only a little. Look, this whole thing about college student-athletes has become one gigantic entitlement issue. Yes, it’s pretty low for a college to bind them to an NLOI before the coach leaves, but in the world of bummers, that’s a pretty weak bummer. If the athletes have a real bone to pick with the new coach, they can always transfer, and sitting out a year is not the end of the world. In any case, they are going to get an education if they want one. Finally, in what universe is the student always entitled to get their way about everything after they choose their school, including personnel decisions?
For example, academic scholarship students don’t get to leave to follow their favorite teacher if he decides to bail before the semester begins. Sure, they can always decline the scholarship, but that means they likely won’t have on available at the school their teaching crush moves to.
I think this gets filed under the category, "Sorry about your luck, kid. Welcome to the real world. How do you like it?"
College basketball
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Odds for the NCAA men’s basketball championship as of 2/4 (top 5):
School Odds on 11/4/14 Current odds Kentucky 7/2 1/1 Virginia 40/1 15/2 Duke 12/1 9/1 Gonzaga 25/1 9/1 Arizona 9/1 10/1 -
Terminally ill student-athlete Lauren Hill receives an honorary doctorate from Mount St. Josephs. That was a very nice gesture.
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Big day in college basketball today. Hey, we can watch Virginia beat Louisville before we watch the Wildcats take on the Gators.
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Impressive, young man.
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The NCAA wants the O’Bannon lawsuit fees reduced by at least $41.7 million. I doubt they’ll get that much, but I suspect almost $45 million in attorney’s fees is wildly inflated almost beyond the bounds of reason. Usually, Judges will reduce the fees, but I’m not sure they’ll reduce them by 93%.
Other sports news
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Gordon Hayward welcomes Miles Plumlee to his poster:
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Anthony Davis hits the shot of the year. This is just more amazing from an amazing player who would be a senior at UK this season. Can you even wrap your head around how great he would be in college basketball right now? I can’t.
Other news
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Photo of Target employee showing a teen how to tie a tie went viral. Apparently, the teen was looking for a clip-on, but Target didn’t have any. So the Target guy showed him how to properly tie a knot. That was really nice.