Posted on June 24, 2008 by ibleedblue040
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 [...]
Filed under: Basketball, Basketball Recruiting, Web Wednesday | Tagged: 2009, 2010, Daniel Orton, DeAndre Liggins, Evan Daniels, Harrison Barnes, Josh Harrellson, Josh Smith, Kentucky Baskteball, KentuckyInk, Marc Maggard, Matt May, Peyton Siva, Roscoe Smith | No Comments »
Posted on June 17, 2008 by ibleedblue040
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 [...]
Filed under: Basketball, Basketball Recruiting, Web Wednesday | Tagged: Chad Jackson, Dakota Euton, Derek Smith, Derrick Caracter, Emmanuel Negedu, Hunter McClintock, Jody Demling, Lance Stephenson, Marc Maggard, Memphis, Roburt Sallie, Rocco Mediate, Scott County, Shootout, Tennessee, Tiger Woods, Web Wednesday | No Comments »
Posted on June 11, 2008 by ibleedblue040
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 [...]
Filed under: Basketball, Basketball Recruiting, Web Wednesday | Tagged: 2009, 2010, Billy Gillispie, Christian Watford, Covington Holmes, Daniel Orton, Dominique Ferguson, Elite Camp, GJ Vilarino, Jerimiah Johnson, Jon Hood, Josh Sewell, Marc Maggard, Matthew Pilgrim, Patrick Patterson, UK, Whatifsports.com | No Comments »
Posted on June 4, 2008 by ibleedblue040
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 [...]
Filed under: Basketball, Basketball Recruiting, Web Wednesday | Tagged: Clark County, Jared Carter, Matthew Pilgrim, Patrick Patterson, Ramon Harris, Roburt Sallie, Vinny Zollo | No Comments »
Posted on May 27, 2008 by ibleedblue040
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 [...]
Filed under: Basketball, Basketball Recruiting, Web Wednesday | Tagged: 2009, 2010, Christian Watford, Hunter McClintock, John Wall, oak hill academy, Tommy Mason-Griffin, Vinny Zollo | No Comments »
Posted on May 7, 2008 by ibleedblue040
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 [...]
Filed under: Basketball, Basketball Recruiting, Web Wednesday | Tagged: 2008, 2009, 2010, Bobby Maze, Chad Jackson, Dakota Euton, Darius Morris, Deshawn Painter, John Wall, Peyton Siva, Verdell Jones, Vinnie Zollo, Vinny Zollo | No Comments »
Posted on March 26, 2008 by ibleedblue040
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 [...]
Filed under: Basketball, Web Wednesday | Tagged: Darius Miller, Roderick Flemings, Scotty Hopson, Web Wednesday | No Comments »
Posted on March 19, 2008 by ibleedblue040
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 [...]
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Posted on March 12, 2008 by ibleedblue040
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 [...]
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Posted on March 5, 2008 by ibleedblue040
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 [...]
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