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Here we have clips from the two coaches’ post-game press conferences after Kentucky’s 86-64 win over visiting Lamar. John Calipari is the first video. It’s the first five minutes, when the UK coach was trying to get his mood across. “I’m not in the frame of mind,” he said a couple of times. Next up is Lamar’s Pat Knight, who talks as much about the Cats as his own team. He says this is the team that could give Calipari his first title.

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Big Blue Links for Wednesday:

• Davis comfortable with Spiderman role, writes Elena Bergeron of ESPN.
• Lamar faces No. 3 Kentucky, reports Beaumont Enterprise.
• Kidd-Gilchrist much like Tebow, reports Jerry Tipton of H-L.
• Kidd-Gilchrist is ready to lead, reports Eric Lindsey of CoachCal.com.
• MKG is back on the case, writes James Pennington of Cats Pause.
• No kidding in Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, reports Brett Dawson of Cats Illustrated.
• MKG excels despite mother’s illness, reports Jon Hale of Ky Forward.
• Pat Knight adopts father’s strategy, reports Tipton.
• Former Dunbar star faces UK women, reports Jen Smith of H-L.
• UK focusing on (Lamar) Cardinals, writes Kyle Tucker of C-J.

Interesting college hoops links on this historic Inauguration Day:

• J. Brady McCollugh of the Kansas City Star reports that Kansas coach Bill Self admits that he greeted recruit John Wall, which could be a violation of NCAA rules.
• Steve Wieberg of USA Today writes that Self has some explaining to do.
• Allen Vaughn of the Springfield News-Leader first broke the Self-Wall story.
• Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski doesn’t think the Raleigh News and Observer appreciates Duke’s success.
• RNO columnist Caulton Tudor writes that in the long run poll numbers don’t mean much.
• ESPN’s Andy Katz on the high school hoops tourney ban.
• Jeff Walker of the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reports that Pat Knight is rather frustrated with his Texas Tech team.
• SI.com’s Andy Glockner gives his NCAA Tournament seed projections. (Spoiler alert: You won’t like where he has Cats.)
• Thoughts from CBS Sportsline’s Gary Parrish.
• Ray Fittipaldo of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Pitt’s win over Syracuse last night.
• Tom Keegan of the Lawrence Journal-World writes that Kansas’ pieces may be falling into place.
• Check out Kyle Whelliston’s Mid-Majority blog.