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Big Blue Links for Wednesday:
Scott Powers of espn.com: “Ten years have passed since the Chicago area claimed the consensus No. 1 senior in the country. Simeon’s Derrick Rose, Proviso East’s Shannon Brown and Homewood-Flossmoor’s Julian Wright all reached the top 10 in the last decade, but only Thornwood’s Eddy Curry earned the top spot. Perspectives’ 6-foot-10 senior forward and Kentucky recruit Anthony Davis is now on the verge of giving the area the No. 1 player again. Davis remained at No. 2 in the Class of 2011 when ESPN Recruiting released its new rankings on Tuesday, but he has a great shot at being No. 1 when the final rankings are updated in the spring.”
Jody Demling of the Courier-Journal: “There has been a lot of Jon Davis talk in recent weeks. The Eastern High School standout is ranked as the state’s top college football prospect by ESPN.com – and the No. 138 prospect nationally – and has been committed to the University of Kentucky since Dec., 2009. Davis, who moved to the Bluegrass State from New Jersey in middle school, has been looking at three schools in recent weeks. UK, Louisville and Illinois are the schools. It appears all the speculation will end on Wednesday.”
Garrett Tucker of Nation o f Blue: “After a 32-point performance tonight with John Calipari in attendance, junior Archie Goodwin (Sylvania Hills, Ark.) received a scholarship offer from Kentucky. Goodwin has been reported to love the ‘Cats and this should be one of his personal favorite offers. ‘I got the offer from Kentucky,’ he told me via text.”
Jerry Tipton of the Herald-Leader: “Lexington Mayor Jim Gray on Tuesday called for a study to determine the feasibility of redesigning and renovating Rupp Arena and the Lexington Center. He did not mention building a new downtown arena. ‘There are many people who believe the civic center’s arena and the convention complex need a total redesign and renovation to bring the facilities up to competitive standards,’ Gray said. ‘It needs to be the best – state of the art. Making it the best is a responsible investment in our Lexington brand.’ Gray said he will appoint a task force in the next two weeks and charge it with conducting a study ‘to get our arms around what is possible’ at the civic center, which houses the arena used by the University of Kentucky basketball team and the city’s convention center.”
Ron Higgins of the Memphis Commercial Appeal: “t was just a couple of games ago in an eventual 68-66 loss at Alabama that Kentucky coach John Calipari trotted out his tried and true motivation tactic that University of Memphis fans know so well. A snoopy ESPN camera caught Cal at a timeout in his huddle screaming an expletive at star freshman forward Terrence Jones. While some of the Big Blue Nation was horrified, somewhere before an NBA game, former University of Memphis stars Derrick Rose and Tyreke Evans probably heard about the incident and wanted to text Jones, ‘Welcome to Cal’s Cuss Club.’”
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At least one internet source is reporting that Jon Davis will re-affirm his commitment to Kentucky today, but others are not so sure.
