Big Blue Links for Wednesday:
- Jerry Tipton of the Herald-Leader reports that walk-on Landon Slone is leaving the UK basketball program along with Donald Williams, A.J. Stewart and Jared Carter.
- John Calipari sends a tweet apologizing for not meeting with Slone.
- My column on new UK assistant basketball coach Rod Strickland.
- Tipton also reports that ex-UK player Dale Brown would like an exhibition game with UK.
- Beverly Fortune of the Herald-Leader reports that Billy Gillispie’s house is back up for sale, with a $1.5 million asking price.
- David Climer of the Tennessean writes that Kentucky is showing what’s wrong with NCAA scholarship rules.
- James Quinn of espn.com reports that UK target Roscoe Smith is looking at all his options.
- Calipari tells Jon Solomon of the Birmingham News that the dribble-drive offense does have room for two point guards. (Hat tip to Tom Leach.)
- Brett Dawson of the Courier-Journal reports that the NCAA does educate student-athletes on the types of supplements Jeremy Jarmon used.
- Dawson also reports on the trio leaving the UK basketball team.
- Jody Demling of the Courier-Journal blogs about UK assistant Orlando Antigua.
- A Sea of Blue writes about SEC basketball’s out-of-conference scheduling.
- UK Sports Info looks at the basketball roster taking shape.
- Inner Circle writes on the four departures and the new media.
John Clay is a sports columnist for the Lexington Herald-Leader. A native of Central Kentucky and a 1981 graduate of the University of Kentucky, he covered UK football for 13 seasons before being promoted to columnist in 2000. Born in Paris, he graduated from George Rogers Clark High School in Winchester in 1977. He lives in Lexington with his wife and two sons. In 2010, his Sidelines blog was one of four Editor and Publisher's EPpy Award finalists for best sports blog. You can e-mail him at jclay@herald-leader.com.
This isn’t news for everyone, but for those outside of local coverage for Kentucky games, Comcast is adding both ESPNU (and hopefully HD) and ESP360 (watch games with live streaming) to their basic packages in time for college football. I should now be able to watch every Kentucky basketball game. I thought of this because of Calapari’s Twitter post on all SEC games being on ESPN/CBS.
http://www.espnmediazone.com/press_releases/2009_05_may/20090519_COMCASTADDSESPNUANDESPN360.COMTOLINEUPWITHCONTENT.htm
Coach Cal on recruiting Wall and Bledsoe: “Well, we have absolutely no point guard. None.”
Sounds like bad news for Liggins and Galloway, if not unexpected. Is this an indication of what he thinks of their overall talent, or a hint that he may try them at another position?