The Big Blue Lowdown

John Calipari is up to his old tricks again.

It has been confirmed by several sources that consensus top five recruit Doron Lamb will officially commit to Kentucky tomorrow, choosing the Cats over the likes of Arizona, UConn, Kansas and West Virginia.

Things have brightened up considerably for fans in Lexington. After Kentucky lost five underclassmen to the NBA draft this week, Cal went out and hauled in the nation’s top high school player in Brandon Knight. Now he gets a bona fide...

As many including the BBL expected, the nation’s consensus top high school player, Brandon Knight, Wednesday announced his commitment to play basketball at the University of Kentucky next year.

Knight, from the Pine Crest School in Boca Raton, Florida, chose the Wildcats over a marquee list of suitors that includes the likes of Kansas, Syracuse and Connecticut.

Expected to start and contribute heavily right away, Knight joins big man Enes Kanter and wing Stacey Poole as UK’s lone 2010-‘11...

The speculation is over, and the Big Blue Nation’s suspicions are confirmed.

Wednesday, the University of Kentucky announced that five, yes five, UK players will enter their names in the NBA draft before their eligibility is up at the school.

As expected, John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins, Patrick Patterson, Daniel Orton and Eric Bledsoe will all leave school prematurely seeking NBA riches. We wish them nothing but success.

No word has been released yet on which of them will hire agents, though...