(H-L photo)
Big Blue Links for Monday:
- Mark Story of the H-L picks Kentucky to win it all.
- Dick Vitale also picks the Cats to cut down the nets at the end.
- Kentucky will face a bumpy road, writes Story.
- Some are calling it a brutal road, reports Jerry Tipton and Ryan Alessi in the Herald-Leader.
- Brett Dawson of the Courier-Journal on Kentucky’s No. 1 seed in the East.
- Matt May of the Cats Pause on Kentucky’s seeding and NCAA path.
- The tournament is wide open, writes Michael Wilbon in the Washington Post.
- Dick Weiss of the New York Daily News on Kansas and Kentucky as Goliaths.
- Boogie time in Nashville, writes Metz Camfield of the Kentucky Kernel.
- ESPN.com on DeMarcus Cousins’ crush on Connecticut’s Maya Moore.
- B.W. Jones of the Kentucky Kernel on UK’s tough draw in New Orleans.
- Kentucky kept its emotions in check in Nashville, writes Ray Glier in the New York Times.
- Larry Vaught of the Danville Advocate-Messenger reports that East Tennessee has NCAA experience.
- The wait was worth it for Kentucky, writes Eric Lindsey of Cat Scratches.
- Tom Leach has video of John Calipari talking about the bracket.
- Ryan Clark of the Kentucky Enquirer isn’t buying the difficult road angle.
- Bluegrass State Basketball has the complete list of NCAA Tournament TV announcers.
- Nation of Blue thinks that playing for seeding doesn’t matter anymore.
- A Sea of Blue on Kentucky’s March Madness.
- Kentucky Sports Radio on UK taking the SEC Tournament title.
- Straitpinkie says UK won the SEC Tournament in Houdini fashion.
- Kentucky Ink on UK’s unbelievable tournament title.
- Some random interviews from Inner Circle.
- Kentucky Sports Network has some post-game video from Nashville.
- Wildcat Blue Blog compares Calipari with Billy Donovan when it comes to developing NBA players.
Hey I don’t know who wrote the “UK’s history in the NCAA Tournament” for the newspaper, but under under the photo is states “NCAA national championship rings have been awarded to seven UK teams, including the 1996 squad that finished 34-2. UK is second in national basketball championships, trailing UCLA’s 11.”
It is correct only if it included Division One teams only, if it includes all NCAA teams from all division then this is not correct. Including all division 2 and three teams, UK would be ranked at least third behind Kentucky Wesleyan College who has 8 NCAA Div. 2 titles.