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 scholastic all-star in Lamb, a 6-4 shooting guard from Brooklyn, N.Y., with ridiculous athleticism and quickness.

The chips haven’t finished falling yet, either. Kentucky is still high on the list of prep super studs Josh Selby, C.J. Leslie and Terrence Jones. At this point UK may be looking at another glut of talent so thick that playing time will be hard to find next season.

Our hope is that somehow Daniel Orton comes back to school and readies himself for another season, where his skill set could easily make him an overall No. 1 pick by the 2011 NBA draft. With Orton lining up next to the multi-skilled Enes Kanter in the post, and ideally Jones and/or Leslie right behind them on the depth chart, the Wildcats will see very little production drop-off next year.

As for the backcourt, we can see Knight-Lamb as the fill-ins for John Wall and Eric Bledsoe, while Darius Miller and DeAndre Liggins could be huge contributors at the wing position.

The future is once again intensely bright, while Calipari peddles his wares on the recruiting circuit. We just have to hope and pray that the stink of corruption and deception are not following in tow. Let’s enjoy the run while we can, folks.