Posts Tagged 'Chris Lofton'

BBL: Teague vs. Hickey gets the UK-LSU pre-game focus

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At his day-before press conference on Friday, John Calipari went to canine lengths to describe the difference between Kentucky basketball and basketball at other schools. The coach talked about receiving a letter that had dog paw prints on it, and then imitated a conversation with the dog, in bark.

Jerry Tipton of the Herald-Leader: “Of course, Kentucky will try to be ruff and ready in Saturday’s game at LSU. But in assessing the game, Calipari stressed that he wants UK players to concentrate on what UK must do. Opponents will compete and play well. “I expect LSU to come out and play a good game,” Calipari said. “I expect them to play better than they have all year.”

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Chris Lofton signs one-year deal to return to Spain

Chris Lofton

Former Tennessee and Mason County star Chris Lofton has signed a one-year deal to return to Spain.

Eurobasket reports:

sefa Estudiantes announced signing of a one-year deal with their former player Chris Lofton (188-G-86, college: Tennessee). It means that the American scoring machine is back to Estu after one season. He spent in NBA D-League and Russia. Lofton started last season with Iowa Energy. He appeared 34 times with them averaging 15.6 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 2.1 steals. In March this year he signed a deal with Lokomotiv Kuban. There Lofton had just 3.3 ppg for 6 Russian league games. They parted ways in May.

It has been going on four years since Lofton graduated from Tennessee, where he was the 2007 SEC Player of the Year.

(h/t All KY Hoops)

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SEC links: Those bad boy football coaches

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SEC links: South Carolina basketball is thinking big

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BBL: Re-living Cats thumping of Tennessee

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