Basketball - Nation of Blue

Wall and Cousins on USA Select Team

Former Kentucky standouts John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins have been named to the USA Select Team. The Select Team will work out...

Point Guard Pondering Reclassifying

Stephen Clark, a top guard in the class of 2013, is thinking about reclassifying after his high school coach has left. Clark,...

Montrezl Harrell Sets Up a Visit

Former Virginia Tech signee Montrezl Harrell was recently released from his LOI and has already set up his first visit. [URL=”http://louisville.scout.com/a.z?s=17&p=2&c=1187754&ssf=1&RequestedURL=http%3a%2f%2flouisville.scout.com%2f2%2f1187754.html”]InsidetheVille.com[/URL] is...

Former Cat Eric Bledsoe emerging as defensive star

[CENTER] [SIZE=1][I]Eric Bledsoe in a March game against the Washington Wizards. Image credit: Keith Allison. [URL=”http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/”]Some rights reserved. [/URL][/I][/SIZE] [/CENTER] The Clippers...

Big Comparisons for Kentucky Trio

If people try to tell you that Kentucky’s incoming class is not as talented as any of the past 3 then tell...

"I’ll Have Another" NCAA Championship

[CENTER] [I]”I’ll Have Another” wins the Kentucky Derby earlier this month. Image credit: KYNGPAO. [URL=”http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/”]Some rights reserved.[/URL][/I] [/CENTER] A friend sent me...

Harrow and Mays Impact Transfers

Andy Glockner of SI.com takes a look at the top impact transfer for the upcoming college basketball season and Kentucky’s Ryan Harrow...

Montrezl Harrell Looking to Make Decision ‘As Soon As Possible’

After finally receiving his release from Virginia Tech, 2012 power forward [B]Montrezl Harrell [/B]is now one of the most hottest names on...

Troy Williams Adds Four New Schools

According to Adam Zagoria, 2013 forward Troy Williams has expanded his list to six teams. Louisville, Florida, South Carolina, and Georgetown have...

Harrell released by VPI

[CENTER] Image credit: [URL=”http://www.techsideline.com/recruiting/basketball/player/Montrezl-Harrell-2756/”]TechSideline.com[/URL][/CENTER] Montrezl Harrell has been released from his commitment to the Virginia Tech basketball program. Virginia Tech Associate Athletic...

Big Blue List: Ten Best Players to have Never Won the Championship

Fans are still reveling in Kentucky’s eighth national championship, still on the emotional high that comes along with a huge win in...

A marketer’s perspective on the Amile Jefferson drama

[CENTER][/CENTER] Please forgive me, but I’ve been in marketing almost my whole life, so I tend to look at things from a...

Larry’s links of the day.

[CENTER][/CENTER] Larry Glover’s links of the day: [URL=”http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/eye-on-college-football/19053115/texas-most-robust-athletic-department-as-revenues-climb-across-the-country”]Robust Athletic Departments[/URL] [URL=”http://www.usatoday.com/sports/graphics/DataTables/2012/0515-NCAAFinance/NCAAFinance.htm#”]Financial Database[/URL][URL=”http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Former_UK_player_charged_with_sexual_abuse_151500805.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter”] [/URL][URL=”http://www.zagsblog.com/2012/05/15/live-from-the-amile-jefferson-presser/”]Jefferson picks Duke [/URL][URL=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt65UxXjj7o”]Pete Rose 30 for 30 Short[/URL] Coming...

Who’s left after Jefferson?

[CENTER][/CENTER] [LEFT]So Jefferson is going to Duke. But there are still blue chips on the shelf. Jeff Borzello[URL=”http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/recruiting/blog/eye-on-college-basketball-recruiting/19054243/notebook-book-far-from-closed-on-class-of-2012″] takes a look at...

Since UK didn’t get Jefferson

[CENTER][/CENTER] UPDATE: As everybody knows by now, Jefferson chose Duke. But my question in the last paragraph still stands… OK, straight up,...

Porter charged with sexual abuse, sodomy

[CENTER][/CENTER] Former Kentucky basketball player Michael Porter was arrested early this morning and charged with six counts of sexual abuse and two...

HS Coach says UK "bad fit" for Mays

[CENTER][/CENTER] Don’t county Julius Mays’ former high school coach among those who thing Julius Mays’ transfer to Kentucky is a good thing....

Amile Jefferson "relieved" that announcement is tomorrow

[CENTER][/CENTER] Prep phenomenon Amile Jefferson tells the [URL=”http://www.philly.com/”]Philadelphia Inquirer [/URL]that he’s relieved that he is finally going to be able to announce...

Anthony Davis one step closer to Olympic Team

[CENTER][/CENTER] As expected, Anthony Davis has made the 18-man talent pool for the US Olympic basketball team, which will play in London...

Aaron Gordon Says Kentucky in Top-Five

Aaron Gordon (2013) is a 6’7″ power forward being recruited by some of the highest level programs in college basketball. As Gordon’s...