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Big Blue Links for Monday:

• Big Blue Uncensored attended John Calipari’s father and son camp, and has plenty of pictures to prove it.
• My Sunday column about the reunion of Bear Bryant’s former players at Kentucky.
• Chip Cosby of the Herald-Leader writes that right now UK football has no end in sight.
• H-L report that UK has been given more time to respond to Billy Gillispie’s lawsuit.
• C-J reports that camp pamphlet could pose eligibility problem for Darius Miller.
• Jody Demling of the Courier-Journal reports that Doron Lamb is one of UK’s top hoop targets.
• Demling also reports that another top recruit, Mychal Parker, will be on UK’s campus this week.
• Mark Mathis of the Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer writes that Jon Hood could be the one to fill Jodie Meeks’ shoes.
• In the Danville Advocate-Messenger, Larry Vaught’s readers support Meeks’ decision to stay in the draft.
• David Aldrige of nba.com ranks Meeks as the seventh-best shooting guard in the draft.

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Big Blue Links for Thursday:

• At A Sea of Blue, top recruit Harrison Barnes voices some worries about John Calipari.
• Mike Fields of the Herald-Leader writes on Darius Miller and Shelvin Mack, Kentucky buddies competing for spts on the USA Under-19 National Team.
• My notes column, which leads with Rafael Little.
• Dave D’Alessandro of the Newark Star-Ledger reports that Jodie Meeks will work out for the Nets on Friday.
• The New York Daily News reports that Lance Stephenson is running out of options.
• ESPN’s Andy Katz also talks to Darius Miller.
• Brett Dawson of the Courier-Journal writes that Miller is confident about life after Jodie Meeks.
• Steve Moss of WKYT says hypothetically Meeks can return to UK.
• The C-J’s Jody Demling talks to recruit Jesse Berry about the “coaching trade-off.”
• Tom Leach points out that ESPN’s Joe Lunardi already has UK as a No. 1 seed for next season.
• ESPN’s Pat Forde ranks Kentucky No. 6 for next season.
• Inner Circle on where UK wants to be next season.
• In the Maysville Ledger-Independent, blogger Ron Bailey has a short note on Jodie Meeks.

H-L photo/David Perry

Big Blue Links for Tuesday:

• Jerry Tipton of the Herald-Leader writes that college life keeps Patrick Patterson at UK.
• Valarie Honeycutt Spears of the H-L reports on UK’s approval of a $72 million athletic budget.
• Spears also reports that UK is looking at new arena proposals.
• Brett Dawson of the Courier-Journal writes that Patterson wants to play for John Calipari.
• Mike DeCourcy of the Sporting News writes that schools know that John Wall is worth the wait.
• Bluegrass State Baskeball hears that Wall has trimmed his list.
• Tom Leach writes that Patterson followed his heart.
• Leach also has a video interview with Buster Patterson.
• In the Danville Advocate-Messenger, Larry Vaught has stories on Patterson and his parents.
• Inner Circle takes a look at Jamal Mashburn, Kenny Walker and Patterson.
• At CBS Sportsline, Gary Parrish tells why many coaches have backed off of Lance Stephenson.

John Wall

Update: According to 850 The Buzz in Raleigh, Florida’s Billy Donovan is visiting John Wall today.

Big Blue Links for Monday:

• In the Charlotte Observer, Shaun Powell writes that John Wall created a stir in New York.
• Kyle Veazey of the Clarion-Ledger reports on UK baseball’s 22-17 win over John Cohen and Mississippi State.
• The Herald-Leader’s Chip Cosby writes on the return of Randall Cobb.
• Chip’s story from Saturday’s UK football scrimmage.
• Chip’s blog post on UK football’s first commitment for 2010.
• My Sunday column on the UK defense.
• The Kentucky Kernel’s B.W. Jones writes on Zipp Duncan’s move to left tackle.
• Jerry Tipton’s Sunday notebook has John Calipari saying not everyone will like him, but everyone will like his wife.
• Eric Crawford of the Courier-Journal writes that Calipari has made UK basketball fun again.
• Brett Dawson of the C-J reports that Patrick Patterson and Jodie Meeks will undergo NFL-style combine testing.
• Keith Taylor of the Winchester Sun writes that Kevin Galloway is looking forward to Calipari’s style of play.

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