John Clay’s Sidelines

(H-L photo/Charles Bertram)

Big Blue Links for Friday:

• Here’s TV and internet streaming rundown for Big Blue Madness from UK Athletics.
• Jerry Tipton of the Herald-Leader reports from UK Basketball Media Day that Calipari mixes old with the new.
• Mark Story of H-L writes that Wall and Bledsoe give Cats a break.
• Tipton writes that Calipari thinks fans deserve a show at Madness.
• Herald-Leader photo gallery from Media Day.
• Zagsblog reports on a quartet of New York prospects headed to Madness.
• Chip Cosby writes on UK defensive end Taylor Wyndham, who wants to be known for more than the Tebow hit.
• Brett Dawson of the C-J writes that the Cats see this as a banner year.
• Jack Carey of USA Today asks if Calipari can be a contender right away?
• Larry Vaught of the Danville Advocate-Messenger thought Miss Kentucky USA was the star of media day.

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Darnell Dodson

Big Blue Links for Monday:

• John Calipari writes on CoachCal.com that Darnell Dodson is battling a hip injury.
• Chip Cosby of the Herald-Leader writes that Rich Brooks is tired of the talk and ready for the football opener.
• Cosby’s Sunday notebook leads with Chris Matthews praise.
• My Monday column saying UK is convinced that offense is “light years” better than a year ago.
• My Sunday column predicting Kentucky will go 8-4.
• Jerry Tipton’s Sunday notebook says John Calipari wants to instill confidence.
• Tipton also reports that Calipari insisted his book tour start in Kentucky.
• Brett Dawson of the Courier-Journal writes that Joker Phillips is happily soaking up the Rich experience.
• ESPN’s Andy Katz lists Eric Bledsoe as his top player to watch in the SEC.
• Jody Demling of the Courier-Journal reports that UK target Kyrie Irving will visit Indiana.

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Compare UK’s top five players by average minutes per game last year to this year: