In 2009, Josh Harrellson played so passively in a game at Vanderbilt that then-Kentucky coach Billy Gillispie, in a motivational ploy, ordered the then-sophomore out of his sight during a halftime speech. Rather than wait out in the hallway, as Gillispie assumed he would, Harrellson decided to head into the bathroom and take a seat…
Josh Harrellson this year’s unlikely hero
Josh Harrellson looking to cap roller-coaster career on a high note
Kentucky center Josh Harrellson has only been with the Wildcats three seasons. It just seems longer. Harrellson, who will play his final home game on Tuesday when Kentucky hosts Vanderbilt, has endured one of the most bumpy periods in the program’s history. He was constantly criticized by former Kentucky coach Billy Gillispie and spent his junior year as an afterthought under John Calipari.
Former Cat Ramel Bradley talks about Billy Gillispie’s hellish practices
From Susan Shan: “Jack Demsey’s Restaurant Bar calls itself the “Home of the Kentucky Wildcats.” On game nights, all three floors are packed with blue and white shirts and jerseys. On a quiet Sunday night, I walked in before the exhibition game in Canada between the Wildcats and the Windsor Lancers began. I was meeting…
Ashley Judd prefers Calipari to Gillispie as her leading man
Afterward, Judd raved about Calipari and what he has accomplished this season in his first year at Kentucky. “He’s perfect for Kentucky,” she said. “He has a personality as big as our program. It’s a really good fit. We love him.” Judd was not nearly as fond of his predecessor, Billy Gillispie, who was fired…
Billy Gillispie was one of the worse hires of the decade
We already knew this but Pat Forde of ESPN felt he needed to bring it up again in his article highlighting the forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college basketball, preview edition. Read article.