Tag: josh pastner
Don’t call that 13th scholarship “open” just yet
Early this evening, reports started to pour in that Eloy Vargas is currently on Kentucky’s campus visiting. First it was Evan Daniels, via Twitter, then Dustin Rumbaugh of Kentucky Sports Radio, then Jeff Goodman. Vargas is not your typical campus visitor: he just finished his freshman year at Florida. He was the 33rd ranked player [...]
UK targets Adreian Payne, Joe Jackson showing interest
With July AAU events coming to a close in the next few days in Las Vegas and Orlando, news is coming out about players scheduling official visits and narrowing lists. Two UK targets, Adreian Payne and Joe Jackson, are among that group of players. 5 star post player Adreian Payne has announced that his list [...]
Matt Pilgrim chooses Oklahoma State
Dan Wolken of the Memphis Commercial-Appeal reported yesterday evening that Matt Pilgrim has chosen to play for former Kentucky Wildcat Travis Ford at Oklahoma State. John Calipari and Josh Pastner had previously worked together to get Pilgrim on the Memphis roster, but Pilgrim has decided to head west to play in the Big 12. Pilgrim [...]
A few quick notes for a Monday morning
I really do love four day work weeks like the one I have heading into the 4th of July this weekend. It’s only Monday, but since I have Friday off, it’s really Tuesday already. I hope you all have big plans this weekend and that this week is as painless as possible. I’ll try to [...]
Gary Parrish: Elliot Williams, Matt Pilgrim appear headed to Memphis
Yesterday I wrote about how Duke transfer Elliot Williams and Matt Pilgrim were both possibilities for UK’s 13th scholarship. It now appears that Josh Pastner and Memphis could end up with both, according to Gary Parrish. Memphis was the favorite for Williams’ services as soon as he announced he was transferring to play closer to [...]
Duke transfer Elliot Williams thinking Kentucky, Matt Pilgrim not out of the picture?
Thanks to a road trip for work, it’s been about three days since I’ve been able to post anything. I’m going to jump right back in with a VEEERY interesting story about a potential incoming transfer to UK that could answer questions about what John Calipari is going to do with his final scholarship now [...]
Eric Bledsoe addresses playing with John Wall
Zagsblog has a story up about Eric Bledsoe complete with quotes from Bledsoe and his high school coach, Maurice Ford. Ford confirmed that Bledsoe will announce his college decision on Wednesday and indicated that he already has made his decision. Ford also said that Bledsoe enjoyed his visits to both schools, but did not tip [...]
Eric Bledsoe in Memphis, Kentucky next
MEMPHIS COMMERCIAL APPEAL – A year ago, only a few people outside of Birmingham knew about the ability of point guard Eric Bledsoe. Now, he’s in the middle of a recruiting battle that could have a profound impact on the University of Memphis basketball program for years to come. “I blew up overnight,” Bledsoe said. [...]
Bledsoe down to UK, Memphis
I posted a couple hours ago that Eric Bledsoe has officially planned consecutive visits to Memphis and Kentucky over the coming days. I took that to mean that the two schools with John Calipari connections were firmly in play for the 3rd ranked point guard in the 2009 class according to Rivals. It turns out, [...]
Zagsblog: Eric Bledsoe’s visit to UK finalized
I guess was off base when I speculated that Bledsoe’s visit to Memphis tomorrow meant that he likely wasn’t going to be coming to Lexington this weekend. Regardless of how Bledsoe and John Wall’s recruitment turns out, UK is the national center of gravity when it comes to college basketball recruiting, so we’ve got that going [...]
John Wall: No recent contact with UNC
The Charlotte News and Reporter has yet another short article on John Wall. Most of it is the standard stuff: the recruitment has been long, Wall has no favorite, Wall will narrow his list on Friday. However, it does have the following quote from Wall about North Carolina: “I don’t know where I stand with [...]
Are Calipari, UK after Memphis JUCO signees?
Just when you thought Memphis was getting the recruiting shaft as much as possible, this comes out: MEMPHIS EDGE – There could be more bad news for Memphis on the recruiting front this week. While most people have just assumed that hiring Miami-Dade coach Matt Eisele onto the Memphis staff would secure the two junior [...]
Vilarino out of Derby Festival, DeMarcus Cousins in?
JERRY TIPTON – Former Kentucky signee G.J. Vilarino has dropped out of the upcoming Derby Festival Game, organizer Dan Owens said Monday night. Vilarino, a 6-foot point guard from McKinney, Texas, was the first player to commit to UK when Billy Gillispie became coach. He reluctantly severed his ties with UK after speaking to new [...]
Pastner to Memphis, where does that leave possible UK recruits?
So, Josh Pastner is not going to be an assistant at UK. However, if you somehow allow that to dampen your optimism about John Calipari as the coach of Kentucky…well, you shouldn’t. UK hired John Calipari, not Josh Pastner, and while it would have been nice to have Pastner on the staff for a year [...]
No such luck for UK: Josh Pastner to be named Memphis head coach
DETROIT — Josh Pastner will be introduced as the next Memphis coach, a source close to the program told CBSSports.com on Monday. An news conference is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday. Pastner is known as an elite recruiter from his time at Arizona, where he played for and assisted Lute Olson before joining John Calipari’s staff [...]
Meet your newest Kentucky assistant coach (hopefully): Josh Pastner
Josh Pastner is not a McDonald’s All-American recruit along the lines of John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins, but his decision to come to Kentucky as an assistant to John Calipari might end up being just as important as any commitment UK gets. Josh Pastner played for Arizona back in the Mike Bibby and Miles Simon [...]
