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Joker Phillips confirmed after practice that Kentucky will wear black uniforms against Mississippi State on Saturday.

“I’ve been hit with haymakers about black uniforms by the players, by you guys, by the fans. It was something that we wanted to do just to throw the guys a bone. We pulled them out today at the team meeting. We had Danny (Trevathan) and Winston (Guy) dressed in them, and the crowd goes wild. Anything we can do to get some excitement. I think there will be more excitement if we make plays in those black uniforms.”

(Photo by John Clay)

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Kudos to first Kent Spencer and then Jon Hale of Ky Forward who tweeted out the link to this picture on the Kentucky Wildcats’ photos page. Looks like there could actually be a black-out for Saturday’s UK-Mississippi State game, which is a 7 p.m. start.

I didn’t want to swipe the work, so click this link for the bigger black uniform picture.

UPDATE: UK Athletics News twitter feed makes it official. Are you in favor? Click the continue line to vote in the poll.

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The Kansas State blog Wildcat Victory is reporting that Kentucky basketball target Willie Cauley will make his decision next week.

“He had good visits from each program he went to,” his AAU coach Rodney Perry told the website. “There were things that he liked about each place and there were some things that he didn’t like. So it’s just a matter of what’s the best situation, the fit and the best system for him.”

Alabama, Florida, Kansas State and Kentucky are Cauley’s four finalists. Perry said the 6-foot-11, 210-pound center is expected to have a press conference to announce his decision.

Cauley is ranked as the nation’s best 28th prospect in Class of 2012 by Scout. He’s also a pretty decent football receiver.

Hat tip to Aaron’s UK Basketball Blog.

(H-L photo/Mark Cornelison)

Big Blue Links for Tuesday:

• Dajuan Coleman’s decision to announce today comes as surprise to coaches.
• Basketball targets Jefferson and Harris enjoyed visits to UK last weekend.
• Calipari thinks Terrence Jones is one of the top three players in college basketball.
• UK athletes and other college players petition NCAA for more money.
• Curses, Christian Laettner wins again, this time at Rupp Arena.
• Booed and jeered, Laettner plays the villain role with aplomb.
• Herald-Leader photo gallery from last night’s Stars vs. Villains game at Rupp.
• UK fans’ patience rewarded at Big Blue All Stars vs. Villains game.
• The final box score from the Stars vs. Villains cage match.
• Twitvid of Laettner being introduced at Rupp Arena.
• Kentucky and Mississippi State both desperate for a football win.
• Mississippi State’s Johnathan Banks has knack for getting the ball.
• Linebackers lead Mississippi State’s improvement.
• Chuck Hayes said it was great to be back playing basketball in Rupp.
• Enes Kanter makes his Rupp Arena debut as Stars fall to Villains.
• It was a long wait for Kanter to get to Rupp, and now he waits on NBA.
• All in all, it was sort of a free-ish Enes at Rupp.
• The crowd at Rupp wasn’t pretty, but it was out for blood.
• Video of a nasty Kenneth Faried blocked shot last night.
• UK fought the villains and the Villains won.
• Best of the Blue weekly awards from UK’s in-house blog.
• Five thoughts leading up to the UK-Mississippi State football game.
• Is Kentucky football headed in right direction in terms of talent?
• Ranking UK’s football opponents the rest of the way.

SEC links for Tuesday:

• Tennessee names true freshman Justin Worley as starting quarterback.
• Third-quarter problems not Vols’ only issue.
• Spurrier says flap with Columbia columnist is now “history.”
• Florida game not a must-win for Mark Richt, but it’s close.
• Gators could get quarterback John Brantley back for game with Georgia.
• Will Muschamp thinks a lot of ink has been wasted about his time in Athens.
• Vanderbilt No. 2 in SEC basketball media poll.
• Florida picked to finish third in new one-division look for SEC basketball.
• Nick Saban suggests Alabama is the Muhammad Ali of football.
• Status of suspended LSU players still up in air for Alabama game.
• Auburn’s struggling offense is looking to rebound this week.
• Talented freshmen give Ole Miss football hope.
• Missouri chancellor says he wishes the Big 12 the best.
• Depth issues haunting some in SEC.

After being ineligible all last season, Enes Kanter finally got to play a game on the floor of Rupp Arena last night.

Video of post-game press conference with Christian Laettner and Rex Chapman.

Terrence Williams misses a wide-open dunk.

Hat tip to All KY Hoops.

Pre-game introductions for the Big Blue All Stars vs. Villains game at Rupp Arena.