John Clay's Sidelines

(Hat tip to Big Blue Lowdown.)

Big Blue Links for Tuesday:

• Percy Allen of the Seattle Times is not sure what to make of this report by Jake Rosenberg of the Albany Herald-Democrat claims that top recruit Terrence Jones is expected to pick Kentucky. (Hat tip to Nation of Blue.)
• Jones tells Nick Daschel of the Oregonian that he will still consider Oregon.
• Jerry Tipton of the H-L on which will mean more, UK’s center or UK’s point?
• Ron Higgins of the Memphis Commercial Appeal goes with Wall.
• In the SEC this year, the West has not been best, writes Tipton.
• Former UK player Ed Davender pleads guilty in basketball ticket scam.
• Forbes.com says coaches make too much money, including John Calipari.
• No surprise that Jason King of Yahoo Sports names John Wall the Player of the Year.
• Scott Powers of ESPN Chicago talks to Doug Gottlieb, who says Tony Barbee could be the new coach at DePaul, with Rod Strickland as an assistant. (Hat tip to Aaron’s UK Basketball Blog.)
• Tom Leach has podcasts with the AP’s Jim O’Connell and CBS’ Greg Anthony.

Continue reading ‘BBL: What’s up with Terrence Jones?’

Greg Anthony

Media Approval Ratings today tackles CBS’ Greg Anthony, the former UNLV guard who is the backup to Clark Kellogg on CBS college telecasts. Anthony also does some studio work there.

What say you on Greg Anthony, thumbs-up or thumbs-down?

Previously: Clark Kellogg, Bill Raftery, Jimmy Dykes, Jay Bilas, Dick Vitale

As you may have noticed, I closed the poll concerning Greg Anthony’s debut as CBS college basketball in-game analyst, doing last Saturday’s UK-Indiana game.

Anthony was a hit. He received 54 “excellent” votes, while 31 thought he was “good,” with just 13 clicking the “so-so” button, and there were actually five souls out there who voted for “bring back Billy Packer.”

From what I’ve heard, most thought Anthony was honest and refreshing on Saturday. One often-noted criticism of college hoops on the tube is that it’s the same analysts year after year. Norman Chad has often written that televised college basketball is much like a soap opera, you could take a couple of years off, tune in again and its the same cast of characters behind the mics. Anthony provides a different voice.

As a bonus, UK voice Tom Leach has an interview with Anthony in which the analyst talks about his impressions of Kentucky after last Saturday’s game.