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2015 power forward Caleb Swanigan’s "free agency" after decommitting from Michigan State may have lasted less than one full day. Last night, Swanigan reportedly committed to Matt Painter and Purdue, according to this post by Jerry Meyers at 247Sports.com.
To be honest, this all seems to be based on a Dan Dakich tweet:
Swanigan to Purdue is done
— Dan Dakich (@dandakich) May 8, 2015
Pardon me if I don’t automatically consider him an unimpeachable source. And then there’s this:
@KySportsRadio What would Lee Corso say,"not so quick my friend".. could be am interesting development
— Mike Pratt (@MikePratt22) May 8, 2015
We may know for sure by the time I get this up, but if not, well, get some coffee. Remember, it’s good for you.
Tweet of the Morning
Your Quickies:
Kentucky football
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Kansas fans want to see Kentucky as a non-conference football opponent. I’d like to see that, too, but I’ll probably see the rapture before that happens.
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When Bud Dupree graduates, he’ll fulfill a promise to his family and himself. This is the kind of athletic and academic success I wish more young men could experience.
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Kash Daniel now is a 4-star, according to 247sports. Hat tip: Kentucky Sports Radio.
Kentucky basketball
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Karl-Anthony Towns will not be attending the NBA Combine. Neither will Jahlil Okafor. No real reason why they should, I’d say. The combine is mostly for people trying to raise their draft stock.
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Mychal Mulder "Wild" about Kentucky. I think we are really going to like this Mychal Mulder. He is an obscene athlete and has a 6‘10" wingspan. To wit:
Not only that, he made 46% of his 3-point shots last year. Hat tip: Kentucky Sports Radio.
Other Kentucky sports
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Women’s tennis makes their 22md NCAA appearance on Friday. They are currently ranked #25.
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Senior tennis player Grace Trible has won the Brad Davis SEC Community Service Award. Congratulations!
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Bat Cats host Georgia in final SEC home weekend. They need wins. Bad.
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Golfer Isabelle Johansson near the top of the leader board after the first day of the NCAA South Bend regional.
Links posts
College football
- 84 of 128 college football teams will be invited to a bowl next year.
College basketball
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Florida hires Louisiana Tech basketball coach Michael White. White used to play for Ole Miss from 1995-99. I barely remember him, because back in those days, we beat Ole Miss like a rented mule most of the time. But they did beat us twice during his tenure, once in 1997 and once in 1998.
This hire is an attempt to re-create the Billy Donovan magic, who came from Marshall relatively unheralded. Maybe it will work out for them. They are certainly paying him well ($2M).
Other sports news
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Geena Davis, Rosie O’Donnell have "A League of Their Own" reunion. I always liked that movie.
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Tiger Woods is not exactly tearing up the Players Championship.
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Oh, dear. A bash to the lads, and by a hot, hot baseball. Excuse me, I have to go throw up.
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Horrible news for the Washington Wizards; John Wall has several non-displaced fractures in his left wrist and hand. I doubt he can return this season.
Other news
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25 best suburbs to retire to. Aiken SC is high on my list. Fort Thomas, Kentucky, also makes an appearance.
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Add graphene to spider silk to create the strongest known fiber.
The results were basically a reverse of the Spiderman origin story. Instead of a human getting bitten by a radioactive spider and developing superpowers, the spiders were sprayed by humans, and got our amazing gift of…manipulating nano-materials? It might not seem that great, but the silk produced by the spiders is stronger than Kevlar. (The strength of limpet teeth, for the record, was ‘comparable’ to the high-tech silk. A head-to-head slugfest between the two is TBD.)
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The Russian cargo spacecraft that was supposed to bring supplies to the International Space Station has crashed safely in the Pacific ocean.