The Wildcats will be traveling to Hawaii on late November in order to participate in the Maui Classic. Coach Cal unveiled his plan to break up the long trip by stopping in Oregon for a game at the Rose Garden. The stop in Portland to play at the home of the Trailblazers will give Terrence Jones a chance to play in front of his home crowd.[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]
“So on the way to Hawaii we will stop in Portland and play and let all of their fans and his fans get a chance to see him in a setting with us” Coach Calipari said during a radio talk show. “Our plan right now is to come and play in the Rose Garden in November of next season. So the beginning of the season we will bring our team out to Portland to play for a game in the Rose Garden. We are playing in Hawaii.”
It will be interesting to see how folks on the west coast respond to the Wildcats and to Terrence Jones during this visit. Although most fans seem to have moved on from Jones’ decision without much heartache, others are extremely hateful about the choice. This comment was posted on Twitter last night by [URL=”http://twitter.com/cotchface/statuses/14714235070″]@cotchface[/URL]: “i hope terrence jones in his first game at kentucky has a heart attack and dies on the court Len Bias style” -JohnB [B]That is certainly over the top and uncalled for…[/B]
It is reported that Kentucky will play the University of Portland during the visit.
