Web Wednesday - 6/25/08

Rumor Mill
- The first rumor from this past week that I have heard is that DeAndre Liggins, a member of Kentucky’s 2008 recruiting class, has reached eligibility status after recieving his much anticipated test scores. A message board poster made the claim that he knows someone in the UK admitance field and they said he [...]

Web Wednesday - 6/18/08

Recruiting Trail
- First off today is that Emmanuel Negedu committed to the hated University of Tennessee yesterday according to Jody Demling’s blog. Tennessee is bringing in a very solid class this season, not necesarily loaded with All-Americans, aside from Scotty Hopson they have three 4-star players that all seem to fly under the radar. UT [...]

Web Wednesday - 6/11/08

Recruiting Trail
- The UK Elite Camp took place over the weekend in Lexington and supposedely there were some great turn outs. Daniel Orton, the #1 center in the country, showed up surprisingly even though he is hurt. This has to help UK’s chances that he decided to show up and probably gets the tour of [...]

Web Wednesday - 6/4/08

Recruiting Trail/Rumor Mill

As is being reported by many people on the internet, it appears as though Matthew Pilgrim will become the next Kentucky Wildcat. Hoopsreport.com broke a story that Pilgrim was scene in Lexington, KY and scene checking into the Wildcat Lodge, the dorm in which all of the UK basketball players stay. If the report is [...]

Web Wednesday - 5/28/08

Recruiting Trail
- There has been a bit of confusion over where UK stands with the #1 player in the nation, John Wall. There have been a couple articles, one of which Wall was interviewed, that have some UK fans thinking they have a good shot to land the #1 prospect in the nation. The first [...]

Web Wednesday - 5/7/08

Recruiting Trail
* Peyton Siva, a 5′11″ guard from the 2009 class, has been quoted as saying that he is now being recruited by Kentucky. Siva is the #31 player in the nation according to Rivals.com and is a four-star prospect. Siva appeared to be close to signing with UofL but has since put that on [...]

Web Wednesday - 3/26/08

Rumor Mill

 In an interview with Rivals.com’s Jerry Meyer, Scotty Hopson stated that he looks to take official visits to, “Tennessee, Texas probably, Kentucky, maybe Louisville, probably Cincinnati”. Take it for what it’s worth but I think that should be very good news for Kentucky fans because it looks as though Billy Gillispie is officially recruiting [...]

Web Wednesday - 3/19/08

Rumor Mill

 Looks like Jodie Meeks might play tomorrow against Marquette. Still a long shot but coach Gillispie said he at least is improving a little bit.

 On the recruiting front, Kentucky is pursuing 5-star big man from the class of 2009 DeShonte Riley out of Michigan, rivals.com ranks him as the #13 player overall in his [...]

Web Wednesday - 3/12/08

Rumor Mill

Kevin Galloway is the newest commitment for the Wildcats. He is a 6′6″ point guard in the 2008 class. I know you may be thinking “We already are going to have two 6′6″ point guards next year why do we need this guy!??”, well as a matter of fact he is not like Jasper and [...]

Web Wednesday

Today I start a new segment to the UKmadness blog call Web Wednesday. I said in a post a couple days ago that this segment will feature all the rumors about Kentucky basketball that I have heard and maybe some UK updates.
Rumor Mill

 Chuck Jones, a 6′9″ junior forward from Hopkins Central (KY), is supposedley going [...]