Big Blue Links for Thursday:
- Caulton Tudor, long-time columnist for the Raleigh News and Observer, writes that John Wall’s defection to Kentucky could hurt the Triangle schools.
- Dana O’Neil of ESPN writes about the John Calipari bandwagon.
- Larry Vaught of the Danville Advocate-Messenger reports that UK is close to a settlement with Billy Gillispie that includes UK buying Billy G.’s house.
- Bluegrass State Basketball says its sources say that Jodie Meeks will return.
- UK’s athletic web site will have a live chat with Patrick Patterson at 1 p.m.
- Jerry Tipton of the Herald-Leader writes that Wall is not necessarily a one-and-done.
- Tipton also reports that Eric Bledsoe’s high school coach is not happy with the Wall signing.
- My column saying that Wall is another reason for UK fans to smile.
- Tim Stevens of the RNO reports on the press conference.
- Kentucky Sports Network has a 1-on-1 video interview with Wall.
- Kentuckysports.com has the video of the Wall official announcement yesterday.
- Tipton writes that Wall wants to follow in Derrick Rose’s footsteps.
- In the Orlando Sentinel, Jeremy Fowler writes the Kentucky class isn’t good for Florida.
- ESPN’s Andy Katz writes that John Calipari has wasted no time turning Kentucky into a contender.
- Brett Dawson of the Courier-Journal also picks up on Wall saying he could stay in college more than a year
- Inner Circle looks at the law of averages for UK.
- Straitpinkie looks at Kentucky’s momentum and Louisville’s fans.


Re: the title to this post. Sounds good to me!