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Calipari hires Brandon Weems; LeBron one step closer to unofficial UK alum
Picture this situation taking place sometime over the next year or so: UK is hosting big time high school stud X in Lexington. John Calipari is showing him around UK’s facilities, trying to convince him that UK is the place he needs to spend the next 1, 2, 3, or 4 years in preparation for [...]
John Calipari: A brand all by himself
Since John Calipari was named head coach of the University Kentucky basketball team nearly 4 months ago, I’ve written a great deal about what Calipari’s arrival means for the power of the UK brand. The brand had suffered significantly over the past 5 years as Tubby Smith was on the way out, Billy Gillispie did [...]
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 [...]
So what IS the deal with LeBron and Coach Cal?
Friday afternoon just as I was getting ready to leave work, I got wind of a rumor floating around that LeBron James was making a stop by Lexington to visit the Joe Craft Center. It wasn’t clear whether the rumors were legit or not…until about an hour later when John Calipari substantiated the rumors with [...]
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 [...]
