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View from Section 137: Patience is a Virtue

Patience is a virtue because it makes us better people. The definition of the word patience is to tolerate delay. This implies...

20 Year Fans-Choice Team – Point Guard

The Nation of Blue is helping UK fans to put together the 20 Year Fans-Choice UK Team. Over the next few weeks,...

Kentucky Coaches Will Visit 2012 Star Today

[IMG]http://media.varsitykansas.com/smedia/2009/11/27/23/111909Basketball_group_th1.standalone.prod_affiliate.161.JPG[/IMG] Members of the Kentucky coaching staff will attend an open gym tonight to watch 2012 superstar Perry Ellis. Ellis, a talented...

Antoine Walker Loses Job in Puerto Rico

[B][IMG]http://i.a.cnn.net/si/2005/writers/drew_packham/03/14/starting.five/p1_antoine-getty.jpg[/IMG][/B] [B]Former Kentucky Wildcat Antoine Walker[/B] has been waived by a team in Puerto Rico after only 8 games. The former NBA...

Another Roster Spot Open?

If you watched the Jordan Brand Classic last night you got to hear Jimmy Dykes use his lingo and excitement to describe...

Mike Rosario chooses Florida

Mike Rosario who decided he was going to transfer from Rutgers, has decided to play for Billy Donovan at Florida. Rosario was...

Terrence Jones to visit Kansas

Terrence Jones, prized recruit from Oregon, has apprently added another team to his list of possible college destinations. This is from the...

Doron Lamb Commits to UK

Moments ago during the 2nd half of the Jordan Classic Doron Lamb committed to Kentucky. Tonight’s announcements follow what was widely expected,...

Coach Cal’s Lexy – New York

Here is Coach Cal’s newest lexycast. Cal let’s us know that we can expect some good news tonight during the game. It’s...

Josh Selby Commits to Kansas

In the first half of the Jordan Classic, Josh Selby committed to Kansas. This was not a big surprise and is what...

Kentucky Going Forward

With all of the talk of Kentucky not getting CJ Leslie or Terrence Jones, I thought I would take a look who...

Knight Financial Aid Offer vs. Letter of Intent

Brandon Knight is coming to Kentucky and will play the 2010-2011 season under the expert guidance of Coach John Calipari. He’s committed...

Refuse to Lose Rewind: Kentucky vs. UMASS 1996 Final Four

14 years ago in what today seems like a strange match-up, the Kentucky Wildcats led by Rick Pitino faced the University of...

Kentucky Flavor in Jordan Brandon Classic Tonight

The Jordan Brand Classic all-star game on ESPN2 tonight will be[B] must-see television for Kentucky fans. [/B] The game, which begins at...

Vargas Says He Will Graduate and Undecided on List

Continuing my busy night, I got a chance to chat with Eloy Vargas on facebook. Eloy Vargas is a 6’11” center that...

Chris Hill Lists Kentucky as Favorite

Chris Hill, 6’8″ shooting guard from Raleigh,North Carolina is listed on [URL=”http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/recruiting/player-Chris-Hill-61850″]Rivals.com[/URL] as a 3 star recruit. If you watched the [URL=”http://www.nationofblue.com/don-t-forget-about-chris-hill-899/”]video...

Patrick Patterson To Hold Press Conference Next Week

Next week Patrick Patterson will hold a press conference to announce his decision to….. Go to the NBA? I think everyone believes...

Knight Signs

The University of Kentucky Athletics Department and Coach Calipari announced today that Brandon Knight signed a financial aid offer to play ball...

Don’t Forget About Chris Hill

As I mentioned yesterday, Chris Hill is still on Kentucky’s radar and [URL=”http://jodydemling.courier-journal.com/2010/04/few-friday-musings.html”]Jody Demling of the Courier Journal[/URL] said the same thing...

Joe B. Hall is Honored with a Street in Shepherdsville

[IMG]http://www.ket.org/basketball/gallery/images/joe-b-hall.jpg[/IMG] [B]Former Kentucky head coach Joe B. Hall[/B] has been honored by the town of Shepherdsville. Hall began his longtime career during...