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Kentucky recruit Marquis Teague to attend Big Blue Madness

This is being reported by truebluekentucky.com.  If true, he’ll be joining a very impressive recruiting class scheduled to attend Big Blue Madness:  Achraf Yacoubou, Tobias Harris, Kyrie Irving and C.J. Leslie.  Read article.

Kentucky basketball will never dominate the SEC as it did during the Rupp era

However, we’re also far beyond the era where only one team from a conference could make the NCAAs.  If Calipari can keep bringing in the recruits and keep NCAA Compliance Investigators out of the picture, he won’t need to win 10 SEC titles in a row to keep his team a constant national contender.  The beginning…

Big Blue Nation to Celebrate, Preserve Kentucky Wildcats’ Legacy

The University of Kentucky Libraries, with help from UK Athletics and the Big Blue Nation, are using advanced technologies and archival techniques to preserve and make available to the public the Wildcats’ storied history. In honor of this considerable undertaking, UK Basketball Coach John Calipari and the family of the late legendary broadcaster Claude Sullivan…

As most predicted yesterday, Stacey Poole commits to Kentucky

Poole committed to UK over South Carolina.  Poole cited UK Coach John Calipari’s record of developing players, as a key factor.  “I love Coach Cal,” Poole said. “I think he’ll put me in the right situation. Where I want to be in a couple years.”  Read article.

Kentucky’s Patrick Patterson is the nation’s best power forward

Per Mike Decourcy of SportingNews.com, “His confinement to the center position ended when John Calipari was hired as coach. Patterson (6-9, 235) will have the liberty to function away from the basket, but having the handcuffs removed doesn’t free him from the responsibility to play inside when it counts.”  Read article.

Stacey Poole to commit to Kentucky

Per Jerry Tipton of the Lexington Herald-Leader, “All indications are Stacey Poole, Jr., a top 50 prospect in the high school class of 2010, will commit to Kentucky on Wednesday.”  With press conference to follow on Thursday.  Read article.