This is a story about a brash young man who had the misfortune to run into the Old Master of tournament basketball, Adolph Rupp of Kentucky. The brash young man was John Castellani of Seattle, a fast-talking, sharp-dressing 32-year-old. On the coaching level, it was no contest. Since 1952-53, when Kentucky was obliged to cancel…
The father of five-star 2013 twins Andrew Harrison and Aaron Harrison said his sons are also likely to attend Big Blue Madness, according to Steve Jones of Rivals.com. Know what that means? That means 10 total blue-chip recruits will be making the trip to Lexington to attend Kentucky’s much heralded first official practice, Big Blue…
Archie Goodwin will join seven other recruits: Shabazz Muhammad, Alex Poythress, DaJuan Coleman, Willie Cauley, Dakari Johnson, Chris Walker and T.J. Warren making the trip to Lexington to attend Kentucky’s much heralded first official practice, Big Blue Madness. Archie Goodwin, a top 2012 shooting guard from Arkansas, has confirmed that he will attend Big Blue Madness in…
Both Anthony Davis and Kyle Wiltjer, within the past 24 hours, have tweeted that the Kentucky basketball team has added two new players: Sam Malone and Brian Long. You can follow Sam on twitter here and Brian here. Long is the younger brother of Travis Long, who played a season under John Calipari at Memphis.…
In 1983, former Cat Jim Master scored 16 points to match the great Michael Jordan, who also had 16 points, to help the USA clinch the gold medal over Brazil, 87-79 at the Pan Am Games. Featuring a roster filled with future professionals, the 1983 USA Pan American team, coached by Kansas State’s Jack Hartman, was as…
Freshman Michael Kidd-Gilchrist has yet to play his first collegiate game, but by the time he does, he will already have been featured in an HBO documentary called Prayer for a Perfect Season. Kidd-Gilchrist played his high school basketball for national powerhouse St. Patrick’s in Elizabeth, N.J. During his senior season, award-winning director Marc Levin…
When Walter McCarty takes the stage at the Lexington Opera House on Sunday night, he will be pursuing new glory just two blocks from the main stage for some of his old glory days. In the mid-1990s, McCarty was a star forward for the University of Kentucky men’s basketball team, including the squad that won…
Good read on former Cat Bill Spivey, who was Kentucky’s first 7-footer and an All-American. From Bobby Pope of Macon.com: “Warner Robins mayor Chuck Shaheen has put the wheels in motion to establish a Hall of Fame for the International City. It will be difficult to determine which athletes will be included in the inaugural…
Terrence Jones named to Dick Vitale’s First-Team All-Solid Gold team
The drug case against former Oklahoma State basketball coach Sean Sutton has been dismissed by a judge and his record has been expunged. Sutton’s attorney, Trace Morgan, confirmed Friday that Payne County Associate District Judge Stephen Kistler had granted Sutton’s motion to speed up his deferred sentence. Sutton was arrested in February 2010 after agents…