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Last night the NBA Draft Lottery was held, and the Minnesota Timberwolves drew the big prize. The Wolves seem to be in a good position to get enough good players to start winning some ball games next season. They already have Andrew Wiggins and Ricky Rubio, so either Jahlil Okafor or Karl-Anthony Towns seem most likely to be drafted in this spot.
SB Nation’s Kevin O’Connor says that the Wolves should draft Towns. I couldn’t agree more, which means they’ll probably draft Okafor.
Tweet of the Morning
Coach Cal receives the Humanitarian Award from Alltech President Dr. Pearse Lyons. pic.twitter.com/Yyy3DNcfLn
— CoachCal.com (@CoachCalDotCom) May 20, 2015
Awesome.
Your Quickies:
Kentucky football
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Mark Stoops to attend the Governor’s Cup luncheon this year. I think that’s good, it’s such a minor commitment of time, and even though I know he’d rather be recruiting, you gotta pay homage to the rivalry.
Kentucky basketball
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Towns says it would be a "blessing" to go #1 in the NBA Draft. Well, yeah, I’d say so.
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Thon Maker will not finish school until December ($). What does this mean about his chances of coming to UK? I think the become slightly less, but that’s just a random feeling and not anything based on deep reasoning or analysis.
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Of course?
Of course, chad ford has Timberwolves taking Karl-Anthony towns with 1st pick.
— Jerry Tipton (@JerryTipton) May 20, 2015 -
Phil Jackson a fan of the Trill? Well, maybe …
Knicks pick 4th. At Combine, WCS was told Phil Jackson likes bigs who defend well. WCS liked hearing that
— Jerry Tipton (@JerryTipton) May 20, 2015 -
John Calipari says he has no interest in the Pelican’s job. I consider this almost a non-story, we see it every year. If he wants to leave, you’ll never know it until it’s over. But I never thought the Pelicans were a fit for him.
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Jamal Murray would be the crown jewel in Kentucky’s 2015 class if he reclassifies, and confidence is growing in Kentucky’s chances.
Other Kentucky sports
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Kentucky wins the South Bend regional and will head to the Gainesville super regional. Get past this and it’s the CWWS, but getting past #1 Florida will be a real tough job.
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Mexican national women’s team starter joins UK’s tennis team. Tanya Samarzich is a USC transfer.
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Auburn boots Bat Cats from SEC Tournament, casting significant doubt on the at-large selection chances to the NCAA Tournament. Team Speed Kills has more here. Also, see the game thread that JLeverenz had up for the game.
Links posts
College football
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Has the rest of college football caught up with the SEC? No. There, saved you a click.
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Notre Dame’s athletics director says that if college athletes are ruled to be employees of their respective colleges, they are likely to withdraw from "big time" college sports.
College basketball
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Caleb Swanigan was a big get for Purdue, but Mike DeCourcy says it doesn’t necessarily make them better:
The oddity of Swanigan’s choice of Purdue is that it was based in part on the presence of 7-0 senior A.J. Hammons and 7-2 sophomore Isaac Haas, centers who guarantee Swanigan will be deployed at power forward during his time with the Boilers.
But that means two things: Swanigan is going to have to defend mobile, perimeter-based 4-men such as Wisconsin’s Nigel Hayes, Iowa’s Jarrod Uthoff, Maryland’s Jake Layman and Indiana’s high-flying Troy Williams.
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Kentucky and Wisconsin aren’t the only teams losing a lot of their talent this year, according to Bucky’s 5th Quarter.
Other sports news
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The Knicks, who disappointingly wound up out of the lottery top three with the fourth pick, are eyeing Emmanuel Mudiay. They could do a lot worse, he’s really good.
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Not bad for a former 3-star player:
Steph Curry: still unbelievable. http://t.co/xTuFxgwXfd https://t.co/Xo9ebOSUIo
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NFLPA asks federal court to hold Roger Goodell and the NFL in contempt. It just might.
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The KFC Yum! center is going to host another NBA exhibition. I had fun at the last one, so I might just go again.
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New NFL point-after-touchdown rule doesn’t go far enough, according to Rick Gosselin. He has an interesting solution in mind.