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UK Basketball: Four Critical Questions for the 2009-2010 Season
With Jodie Meeks finally discovering his draft fate (41st to the Bucks), the question UK fans are now attempting to answer is: What will constitute a successful 2009-2010 Kentucky Wildcat basketball campaign? After talking with fellow 'Cat fans, and reading via the Internet the thoughts of the...
UK Basketball: The Meaning of Meeks
As the entire Big Blue Nation collectively holds its breath awaiting word of UK junior guard Jodie Meeks' decision (stay or flee), the reality of what the Wildcat basketball team will be missing in '09 if Meeks opts for the Association is setting-in not unlike the rigor mortis upon Tim Floyds'...
Patrick Patterson: The Third Year is the Charm
The news was highly anticipated and as welcome as mom's cooking after a two month road trip: 6-9 Kentucky sophomore forward Patrick Patterson has withdrawn his name from the NBA Draft. Patterson's own words seem to belie the angst that UK fans have been feeling since the All-SEC performers...
Saturday News and Notes: Fun with Lane Kiffin and Kentucky Thoughts
We lost last night to Tennessee's baseball team, which makes me want to mock them. Luckily, Lane Kiffin is still their football coach and is here to amuse us. Although it's funny that under Kiffin, 11 Vols have left Tennessee, the best Kiffin story to come out over the last few days is that Kiffin...
Kentucky Derby Festival Classic: Evaluating the UK Recruits
First of all, let me say that the Kentucky Derby Festival Classic was a fun game. There were a lot of enthusiastic fans there, and if I were a recruit from any of the three main schools in the area, I would have been impressed by the atmosphere, enthusiasm, and overall support the fans gave to the...
Q & A with Former UK Receiver Dicky Lyons, Jr.
With Kentucky's spring football practice in full bloom, I thought it was time to talk to Dicky ... Lyons, that is. The colorful and charismatic former Kentucky football player's personality is only topped by his extraordinary talent. Lyons, the son of former UK Ring of Honor performer Dicky...
UK Basketball: Pondering the Possibilities of Calipari
The Difference No, nothing is "officially official," but my, how the mood of the Bluegrass can change: From sullen and downtrodden at the thought of a protracted search for a new head coach for Kentucky, to cautious elation at the mere mention of Memphis coach John Calipari's name as a potential...
The State of the Big Blue Nation is Restive
This is one of the most uneasy times I can remember in Kentucky basketball. As we watch the NCAA tournament that didn't include Kentucky for the first time since probation, and see the SEC out of the tournament by the first weekend, I can't escape the feeling that this has been the most...
Kentucky Basketball: Where we are in the big picture
There are a ton of UK sites that has recruiting as their raison d'être, and A Sea of Blue is not among them. That isn't to say that we don't pay attention or care about recruiting -- we do -- but our purpose here is to offer opinion and analysis of the facts surrounding Kentucky sports,...
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