Basketball - Nation of Blue

Terrence Jones Makes UNC Picture Better

It was NBA Rookie photo day and I am sure a lot of guys had fun today seeing old friends and teammates....

Madness Tickets Distributed Sept. 22

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Tickets for the 2012 Big Blue Madness at Rupp Arena will be available Saturday, September 22[SUP]nd[/SUP] at 7:00 am...

Kentucky Basketball 4th Most Prestigious Since 1984-85

ESPN has came up with a scoring season to list the [URL=”http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3501739″]most prestigious basketball programs [/URL]since the 1984-85 season. Kentucky is ranked...

Marcus Lee Sets In-Home Visit with Kentucky

Marcus Lee has already scheduled a visit to Big Blue Madness and now he is set to host John Calipari and the...

What Happens When You Make John Wall Mad?

John Wall doesn’t take too kindly of saying they can take him one on one. Tyrek Cogar of Upper Room Academy challenged...

Harrison Twins Set Announcement Date

Aaron and Andrew Harrison could possibly be the best package deal in college basketball history and it won’t be long until we...

Kentucky and Social Media Montioring

In a recent story from the Louisville Courier-Journal, both the Kentucky and Louisville athletic programs hire outside firms to monitor the social...

Anthony Davis and His Artistic Ability

Anthony Davis shows off his artistic ability to [URL=”http://espn.go.com/blog/playbook/visuals/post/_/id/7458/anthony-davis-kyrie-irving-get-artful”]Panini America[/URL] as he has drawn these 3 sketches: Which one do you like...

ESPN Ranks Every NBA Player

ESPN has started their [URL=”http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/8246986/2012-nba-player-rankings-401-500″]series of ranking every NBA player[/URL] and there are several Kentucky alumni in the range of 401-500. Here...

Could Josh Harrellson be the Next Jeremy Lin?

Tom Haberstroh of [URL=”http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/8277191/five-candidates-make-jeremy-lin-leap-nbarank-standings-nba”]ESPN Insider lists 5 candidates[/URL] that could be the next Jeremy Lin and one of the 5 is Josh...

Coach Cal Runs by 96 Team Reunion

If you listened to Allen Edwards on the [URL=”http://www.nationofblue.com/allen-edwards-1996-team-12187/”]Big Blue Breakdown[/URL], you knew that the 1996 national championship team was having a...

Nerlens Noel Supporting UK

If you need visual confirmation that Nerlens Noel is in Lexington, here ya go. Nerlens was at the Kentucky Volleyball Blue/White scrimmage...

List of Recruits at Big Blue Madness Begins

There are always big name recruits that attend Big Blue Madness and it looks as of the list of players has started....

What Would You Do if You Saw Nerlens Noel?

Kentucky Basketball players are considered to have rock star status in the Bluegrass State and around Lexington. Have you ever thought about...

Have We Seen the Last of Four-Year Seniors?

I was looking at the announced jersey numbers for this season yesterday, and it hit me. Of the twelve guys on the...

John Calipari Announces Exhibition Game to Benefit West Liberty

John Calipari is in West Liberty today for tornado relief and he also announced to the crowd an exhibition game to also...

SI Writer Likes Kentucky’s Chances at #1 2013 Recruiting Class

SI.com’s Frank Burlison has 10 final thoughts about the summer and one of them is the possibility of Kentucky landing every top...

Coach Cal Announces Jersey Numbers

Coach Cal must have gotten bored this evening and decided to tell the BBN which numbers each player on the Kentucky roster...

Kentucky Basketball to Play in 16 Team Nike Event in 2017

ESPN’s Andy Katz is reporting that Kentucky will be involved in a 16 team Nike event in November of 2017 to honor...

Calipari Tops Another Critical Coaches Poll

CBS continued their series of the “Critical Coaches” poll and this time it is [URL=”http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/blog/eye-on-college-basketball/19807403/critical-coaches-whos-the-best-coach-at-bending-but-not-breaking-the-rules”]Who’s the Best Coach at Bending but Not...