Tag: Memphis Tigers
Memphis appeals NCAA ruling on vacated 2007-2008 season
As soon as the NCAA ruled that the University of Memphis would have to vacate all games won by the 2007-2008 Tigers, Memphis made it clear that it would appeal. Today, after an open records request by Dan Wolken of the Memphis Commercial Appeal, we learned about the schools argument. Memphis does not deny that [...]
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 [...]
Calipari Forced to Vacate Two Final Fours? Thoughts from UK Perspective.
If Memphis is forced to vacate their final four appearance in 2008, it will be the second time that Calipari has been forced to vacate a final four. He also was forced to do so in 1996 with Massachusetts. This is not good and does not reflect well on a coach’s reputation. After Tubby Smith [...]
Memphis to vacate 2008 Final Four, 38 wins
The University of Memphis will hold a press conference around 10:00 this morning and it is expected they will announce the vacating of all wins from their 2007-2008 season, as well as their Final Four appearance, according to reports from ESPN.com and the Memphis Commercial Appeal. Back in May, the NCAA accused Memphis of several infractions during [...]
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 [...]
2009 Target Profile: Josh Selby
With the news that he has decommitted from the Tennessee Volunteers and that Kentucky is widely thought to be a major player in his reopened recruitment, Josh Selby has become a name that must be known by UK fans following basketball recruiting. Since he was excluded from our breakdown of UK’s point guard targets due [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Interesting read on Xavier, CJ Henry
There was an article in yesterday’s Kansas City Star by Brady McCullough about Kansas commitments Xavier and CJ Henry. It talks about they recruitment, their decision to play for Memphis, then Kansas, what they think about John Calipari, and their priorities. The theme of the piece is that next year is all about getting 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 [...]
Coach Calipari’s trip to China: What does it mean for UK Basketball?
So, John Calipari is about to wrap up his big trip to China. A lot of the conversation around the trip has had to do with its impact on the NCAA Infractions Committee meeting on Saturday. Not nearly enough conversation has taken place about what the trip and what comes out of the trip could [...]
NCAA Infractions Committee wraps up short hearing, Memphis now waits
It was expected that the NCAA’s hearing today in Indianapolis exploring allegations against Memphis basketball would last all day. It turns out that it barely made it past noon. We really know very little about the proceedings and its tough to say whether Memphis was able to present a tenable case against any penalties it [...]
Memphis internal report made public
Here’s a link to the full report that Memphis submitted to the NCAA in response to allegations of NCAA violations. (Thanks to John Clay’s Twitter) Also, here’s an ESPN video of Andy Katz discussing the new developments: Memphis’ argument is that they only used an ineligible player, Derrick Rose, because the NCAA Clearinghouse said he [...]
Illinois AD knew of Rose SAT score?
This issue of Derrick Rose and his allegedly fraudulent SAT score continues to get a little more murky. In an article from the Chicago Sun-Times, University of Illinois athletic director Ron Guenther claims to have known what was going on with Derrick Rose all along. Here’s Guenther’s quote: “We understood what was going on (with Rose) [...]
Memphis knew of Rose SAT score in May ’08
Andy Katz is reporting that Memphis was aware of Derrick Rose’s alleged fraudulent SAT score in early May 2008. According to Katz, approximately one month after losing to Kansas in the NCAA Championship game, the Memphis Athletic Department received an email from the NCAA claiming Rose’s SAT score was invalid. Guy, the Pinkie’s go to guy (not [...]
Recapping a busy week for UK: Part 1-John Calipari and Memphis
I have to say, it’s been nice to have a quiet couple days in the world of UK Basketball. Things have been beyond crazy pretty much since the middle of March, and this may be the longest amount of time we have gone without big time news in the world of UK. This quiet period [...]
MoonDog Sports: Calipari, UK, NCAA Have Some ‘Splainin’ To Do
On the Pinkie, Snotty P and Dirk attempt to splain’ crazy pictures once or twice a week. Snot’s a busy man, sometimes it’s tough to do one post a week. To check them out, click here. Well, our boy over at MoonDog Sports thinks that Calipari, UK and the NCAA all have some splainin’ to do after [...]
