Big Blue Links for Thursday:
More on the Elliott Porter saga from Glenn Guilbeau of the Opelousas Daily World: “Porter and his family say they did not learn of Miles wishes until just last week – two days before LSU’s players reported and after Porter had enrolled in summer courses and participated in the offseason conditioning program. Miles said Tuesday at Media Day he told Porter two months ago.” (Hat tip to Bleed Blue Kentucky.)
Quincy Miller tells High School Hoops he’s still interested in Kentucky: “HSH: Indeed. Let’s talk recruiting. What’s your list looking like? QM: Kentucky, Louisville, Oklahoma, Duke, Texas, Tennessee, Wake Forest and Baylor.” (Hat tip to Bluegrass State Basketball.)
UK women take big blow with possible loss of Amber Smith, reports Jennifer Smith of the H-L: “Senior point guard Amber Smith is out indefinitely after suffering a knee injury in a pickup game, the school announced Wednesday. Smith injured the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee on campus in late July. She is expected to have surgery this week.”
Michael Gilchrist is inspired his late father, writes Matthew Stanmyre of the Newark Star-Ledger: “But once a week, when Michael Gilchrist needs comfort, he watches ‘The Lion King.’ The DVD is already in the console, always ready. All he has to do is press play. He first watched the movie with his father when he was a baby, and they would watch it together nearly every day until he was almost 3.” (Hat tip to Tom Leach.)
Gary Laney of The Baton Rouge Advocate says that John Calipari takes advantage of a rule he doesn’t like: “Can’t say I blame him. Calipari has four million reasons (as in a $4 million salary) to do everything he can to win. When you have that salary, you’re at a place that expects you to win big. If that means capitalizing on a rule that might leave a bad taste in your mouth so you can get it done, so be it. Same thing applies to football and oversigning.”
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