Big Blue Links for Wednesday:
- Brandon Knight tells John Patton of the Gainesville Sun that his final five continue to be Connecticut, Florida, Kansas, Kentucky and Miami.
- Ryan Greene of the Las Vegas Sun reports that Calipari was in Las Vegas on Tuesday to recruit.
- Gary Bedore of the Lawrence Journal-World gives update on Josh Selby’s decision to postpone his pick. (Hat tip to Aaron’s UK Basketball Blog.)
- Jerry Tipton of the Herald-Leader writes that immaturity could kill the Cats, so says John Calipari.
- Tipton reports that Calipari was left out of UK’s SEC awards haul.
- Dick Vitale picks John Wall as his Player of the Year.
- Brett Dawson of the Courier-Journal on how the computer sees holes in the UK schedule.
- Rick Bozich of the C-J thinks the Cal snub is more of a backlash.
- Alan Cutler of WLEX thinks even Stallings knows that Calipari was more deserving.
Calipari says only one thing can affect his team.
- Danny Jett’s Inner Circle on the Stallings shocker.
- Chris Littman of The Sporting Blog makes fun of the SEC voting.
- Eric Lindsey of Cat Scratches on the surprising fact that UK has never boasted a National Player of the Year.
- Ryan Clark of the Kentucky Enquirer says congratulate Stallings, but he didn’t deserve it.
- Nation of Blue on Calipari receiving the cold shoulder from the league coaches.
- Larry Vaught of the Danville Advocate-Messenger on the misunderstood DeMarcus Cousins.
- Kentucky Sports Network looks at spring practice storylines.
- Metz Camfield of the Kentucky Kernel writes that Calipari is focused on that “other” tournament.
- Kenny Colston of the Kernel on Kentucky women’s seeding.
- Aaron Smith of the Kentucky Kernel reports on UK baseball’s 7-1 win over Evansville.
- Jeff Eisenberg of Yahoo Sports weighs in on the SEC Coach of the Year controversy.
- Wildcat Blue Blog debates the UK MVP.
- Bluegrass State Basketball has the rundown on all the UK awards.
- Kentucky Sports Radio on Tubby Smith and Minnesota rumors.
- Aaron’s UK Football Blog writes about a California running back with Kentucky ties.
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.
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