Big Blue Links for Friday:
- Jerry Tipton’s H-L blog has Tubby Smith defending the money UK is paying John Calipari.
- Tipton also reports that the recruiting landscape is shifting quickly.
- Mark Story writes on the Pitino-Calipari rivalry.
- Jeff McMurray of the AP reports that letter firing Billy Gillispie cites contract dispute.
- Rick Bailey reports that teammates and coaches are praising fullback John Conner.
- Eric Lindsey of Cat Scratches has notes on Calipari’s first UK practice.
- Bloomberg News outlines the Calipari contract.
- C. Ray Hall of the Courier-Journal writes that there is a new shark in the Big Blue sea.
- Jody Demling of the C-J writes that recruiting commitments are peeling away from UK.
- Larry Vaught of the Danville Advocate-Messenger writes that Daniel Orton remains committed to UK.
- A Sea of Blue’s Ken Howlett on the meaning of Calipari.
- Bluegrass State Basketball looks at the “Dribble-Drive” and the current UK roster.
- Geoff Calkins of the Memphis Commercial Appeal writes that Memphis not off to a good start in finding a successor.
- Chris Dufrense of the LA Times compares the UK and Arizona jobs.
- Marcus Davis of the Kentucky Kernel writes on the slumping UK women’s tennis team.
Hi John,
Great blog. It’ll be interesting to see how the recruiting shakes out, both with the current seniors as well as underclassmen. I follow a local program in NJ called St. Patricks. They have Michael Gilcrhist and Kyrie Irving, the top soph and one of the top juniors nationally. Both were interested in Memphis and playing for Calipari, especially Gilchrist.
UK fans should be very excited
Ryan
Tubby is a gentleman and a scholar!!
My husband just said . . probably the best we have had.
Sad that he was undervalued, but we wish him only the very best!!