(H-L photo/David Perry)
Big Blue Links for Sunday:
Jennifer Smith of the Herald-Leader: “Lexington Catholic loyalties will be tested on Sunday. That’s when Natalie Novosel’s No. 12 Notre Dame team comes to Lexington to take on Keyla Snowden’s No. 9 Kentucky team. Both were star guards on the Lady Knights’ teams that won back-to-back state championships and went an impressive 71-2 in a two-year span.”
More Jennifer Smith of the H-L: “Mitchell used to be a traditionalist, too. He’d aim to sign a great post player or a great power forward or a perfect point guard. But in three seasons of not always signing those players, his views have evolved. “I just wanted people who wanted to come to Kentucky and we’d figure the rest out,” he explained. “We’d figure out what position you play, what we’re going to do. That’s sort of what happened with a couple of those classes and now we’ve created a style out of those types of players and now we’re looking for those types of kids that can swing and play different positions.”
Eric Lindsey of Cat Scratches: “No worries, though, Wildcat fans: Head coach Matthew Mitchell has found a quick cure in freshman do-it-all Maegan Conwright. The 5-foot-8 freshman guard out of Arlington, Texas, has played a significant role in her first two collegiate games, serving as a one-man band-aid for Mitchell’s injury-plagued team. Though she came in as the least heralded of UK’s five-player mega recruiting class, she’s made the largest contribution so far.”
Jerry Tipton of the H-L: “After the University of Kentucky battered Portland 79-48 in Friday night’s tuneup for the EA Sports Maui Invitational, Coach John Calipari assessed his team. “I do know we’re fast and athletic,” he said. “I do know we shoot it well. I do know we’re unselfish and will pass the ball. We’ve just got to get some guys a little tougher. When they get bumped, when they get bodied up, they shoot fadeaway hooks and stuff.”
Brett Dawson of the Courier-Journal: “The zone has been a four-letter defense for most of John Calipari’s career, but the University of Kentucky basketball coach has added one to his playbook, and the Wildcats might employ it during this week’s Maui Invitational. Just don’t ask them to explain it. The Calzone, apparently, defies description. “It’s a funky – it’s not a traditional zone,” Calipari said. “It’s a little bit of a crazy, funky zone that we’re going to start using, that I’ll probably use over in Maui. It’s a combination of a couple different zones that we’re just going to throw at people and see what happens.”
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