From Dick Vitale: “It was an incredible night at the Dick Vitale gala last Friday. It was a sellout: Over 800 at the Ritz-Carlton in Sarasota as we raised over $1 million for the V Foundation and cancer research. Sarasota was the sports capital of the world that night. We honored Tom Izzo and Tony…
John Calipari will be honored at next year’s Dick Vitale gala
John Calipari talks about his ties to LeBron James
University of Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari joined 95.5 The Fan in Portland to talk about his thoughts on Terrence Jones choosing to play at Kentucky, how he feels about people saying that he shouldn’t have recruited a kid that has already made a verbal commitment to another school, and his thoughts on the reports…
From Calipari to Pitino: A look inside big-time college coaches’ contracts
From the Hartford Courant: “On May 6, UConn coach Jim Calhoun signed a five-year, $13 million contract. On May 7, that contract was made available to the public. Which got us thinking: Let’s take a look at some others. All contracts for coaches at state institutions are a matter of public record. Private schools, such…
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating the one-year renewable scholarship
The University of North Carolina’s College Sport Research Institute found that 11 of 95 Division I schools studied had at least 20 percent roster turnover for the 2009-10 season. The UNC study also excluded injured players as well as those who turned pro or graduated. Both studies include Kentucky, where seven players on Billy Gillespie’s final squad didn’t return once John Calipari took over in 2009 and brought his own recruits. Four of those former Wildcats have said publicly they were asked to leave the program.
Doron Lamb expects Calipari to stay at Kentucky
Doron Lamb has heard the rumors. He’s seen them online. John Calipari, his future coach at Kentucky, is allegedly angling for an NBA job, perhaps with LeBron James. The 6-foot-4 shooting guard isn’t worried. “He told me isn’t leaving, he’s going to stay,” said Lamb, who scored 10 points to help lift the New York Panthers to a record 17th iS8 title, 82-80 over New Heights, on Sunday. “I hope he does stay.”
Darnell Dodson will be back for his junior season
Darnell Dodson will be back at Kentucky for his junior season. Matt Eisele, the head coach at Miami Dade College, says his former player “will be back” with the Wildcats next season even though UK coach John Calipari proclaimed several times in the last month that UK would have only four players back off this…
Eric Bledsoe and Daniel Orton will remain in the NBA Draft
Kentucky coach John Calipari anticipated five players leaving early for the NBA draft when the Wildcats were beaten by West Virginia in the Elite Eight. Three players didn’t hesitate as freshmen John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins and junior Patrick Patterson declared for the NBA draft and said during their announcements that they would stay in the…
Doron Lamb has signed a National Letter of Intent to play at Kentucky
Doron Lamb has signed a National Letter of Intent to play basketball at the University of Kentucky, head coach John Calipari announced on Friday. A senior at Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Va., Lamb ranks 29th on ESPNU’s Top 100 21st overall by Rivals.com and is rated the No. 3 shooting guard by…
Official press release on 5 Kentucky players entering the draft
Kentucky freshmen Eric Bledsoe, DeMarcus Cousins, Daniel Orton and John Wall and junior Patrick Patterson will enter their names in this year’s NBA Draft. All five players are projected as first-round picks. It marks the second straight season a UK player has declared early for the draft. All-American Jodie Meeks decided to forego his senior…
Quiet Darius Miller sparking explosive Wildcats
The conversation has taken place so many times this season, even Darius Miller has lost count.