Tag: daniel orton
NBA executive talks to Jeff Goodman about John Wall, Daniel Orton
This is from Jeff Goodman’s blog on Foxports.com. Some really interesting stuff about a couple of UK’s heralded freshmen: I just found out the Preseason AP Poll will be released on Thursday. Kansas will be the clear-cut No. 1 team in the land, but it’ll be interesting to see who gets the nod at No. [...]
Big Blue Madness 5 days away: Top 10 reasons why this will be a long week
Don’t get me wrong, I love UK football. Even though this season hasn’t gone exactly as planned, I have still enjoyed watching and supporting Rich Brooks and the ‘Cats, and I will continue to do so. However, it’s just not UK basketball. Nothing approaches UK basketball. For my money, the debut of UK basketball on [...]
In case you haven’t seen this from UK Photo Day
This photo from The Cat’s Pause has been everywhere I’ve looked this morning, but in case you haven’t seen it, I needed to make sure you did. It’s nice to see these guys in UK uniforms.
Let’s have some football fun with the UK basketball team
Rightfully so, today has been all about the Rick Pitino-Karen Sypher story. However, I’ve seen some people taking pleasure in a really, really bad situation, which is very difficult for me to understand. I decided I wanted to have some silly, pointless fun with UK basketball. We’ve got plenty to be excited about right now [...]
Dwight Perry, Matt Scherbenske react to being cut
Dwight Perry and Matt Scherbenske both have Twitter accounts and yesterday each used theirs to give their reactions to John Calipari’s decision to cut three of the four walkons left on the UK roster. Here’s what they had to say: Dwight Perry Thanks to the whole big blue nation for the support over the past [...]
Options, options, options: A look at some potential lineups for 2009-2010
I know we’re a good three months away from the official debut of the 2009-2010 Kentucky Wildcats at Big Blue Madness, but I think I speak for a lot of UK fans when I say that I can’t stop thinking about basketball. Football is great and I love UK football and I’m looking forward to [...]
Never a quiet week in UK basketball
Outside of the beginning of the July recruiting period, I figured this past week wouldn’t be the worst to go MIA because of a trip down to South Florida for work. Well, it turned out that there wasn’t any earth shattering Kentucky news, but we did get a pretty steady stream of stuff going on [...]
An early look at UK’s ’09-’10 rotation
When I found out once and for all that Xavier Henry would stick with his Kansas commitment, I immediately started wondering “How is John Calipari going to structure the rotation for his first team at Kentucky?” I figured that the best predictor of next year’s rotation would be the rotations for Calipari’s last few teams [...]
WKYT on UK summer pickup games
Accounts of battles between John Wall and Eric Bledsoe are already becoming the stuff of legend. Seeing the two potentially play together has to be a terrorizing prospect for opponents. The two are part of UK’s top ranked recruiting class that is now in Lexington getting accustomed to eachother and the rest of their new [...]
Waiting on Jodie Meeks
As Carl spelled out so well in covering for me while I was traveling in the home state of Eric Bledsoe and DeMarcus Cousins, we now know who will NOT have a scholarship next year. All that’s left to determine now is whether Jodie Meeks will be lucky number 13 on the roster or whether [...]
Kentucky newcomers outlook: DeMarcus Cousins and Daniel Orton
Today, we move on to the big man section of John Calipari’s Noah’s Ark of a 2009 recruiting class. In part 1 yesterday, I broke down what I expect to see out of UK’s two point guard commitments, John Wall and Eric Bledsoe. Next up are DeMarcus Cousins and Daniel Orton. DeMarcus Cousins – Cousins [...]
Draft Express interviews John Wall
Draft Express has a great breakdown of yesterday’s Jordan Brand Classic practice session, which they say was dominated by John Wall, calling it the “John Wall show”. Seriously, this kid is phenomenal and it’s cool just to be in the running for a player like this. It’s certainly been a while. Here’s their report on [...]
Daniel Orton re-re-reaffirms commitment to UK
I think we can finally put to rest all the speculation that Daniel Orton may back out of his LOI to Kentucky. Zagsblog has an article with quotes from Orton that explicitly state that UK is his school. Also, the article is a great read because it features quotes from Orton and DeMarcus Cousins about [...]
Larry Orton: Daniel will be at UK “unless something drastic changes”
JERRY TIPTON’S BLOG – Daniel Orton’s father said on Tuesday that something “drastic” would have to happen for his son not to stick with his commitment to play for Kentucky. “Daniel is set to go to the University of Kentucky,” Larry Orton said. “Unless something drastic changes, he’ll still (be playing for Kentucky.).” Orton is [...]
Cross Kansas off of John Wall’s list, UK still looking good
Late last night, ESPN reported that Cole Aldrich and, more importantly, Sherron Collins, will return to Kansas next year and not enter the NBA draft. Typically, news about another college basketball power getting its two best player back for a possible national title run is bad news, but this is a crazy time to be [...]
KDFC/Nike Hoops Summit Weekend Wrapup
I mean, wow. This kid is beyond special. He reminds me of Derrick Rose and he reminds me of Rajon Rondo, but truthfully, he’s a more explosive athlete than both, and that is quite a statement. I don’t know if you had a chance to see the Nike Hoops Summit game, but it was fun [...]
Buckles, Siva, Orton and Hood all shine in Derby City Classic
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – UK bound Jon Hood, Kentucky’s reigning Mr. Basketball, was one of eight double-figure scorers for the Gold team tonight, scoring 13 points to go along with five boards and four assists, in the Gold’s 151-145 victory over the Black in the Derby City Festival Basketball Classic in front of 13,111 fans at [...]
Daniel Orton and Jon Hood take on Eric Bledsoe and Rakeem Buckles
This is from the 2-on-2 tournament at the Kentucky Derby Festival Classic. Bledsoe’s teammate is UofL signee, Rakeem Buckles, a mobile power forward. Keep in mind that not only are Hood and Orton both guarding smaller guys, but they are also coming off of very serious injuries, yet they still look athletic and quick. Orton [...]
DeMarcus Cousins thinks John Wall and Xavier Henry will end up at UK
Michael Eaves is a UK alum and a reporter for Fox Sports Net. He has a blog post from Portland and the Nike Hoops Summit about the three UK targets. There is lots of good stuff, but here are the highlights: DeMarcus Cousins After talking about all the positive experiences he should expect while at [...]
Where in the world is John Calipari?
Courtesy of Rockapella Coach Calipari had but four days starting yesterday to visit with recruits in person and, clearly, he intends to make the VERY most out of that time. I reported yesterday that Calipari was heading to Portland to see UK commit DeMarcus Cousins and fellow Nike Hoops Summit participants John Wall and Xavier [...]
