All Entries Tagged With: "Memphis Tigers"
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 [...]
Will Barton commits to Memphis
According to Evan Daniels of Scout.com, 5 star 2010 shooting guard Will Barton and his brother, point guard Antonio, have committed to play for Josh Pastner and the Memphis Tigers. This is really a little bit of a surprise to UK fans following recruiting closely. First of all because Coach Calipari actually lost out on [...]
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 [...]
