All Entries Tagged With: "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 [...]
