The Big Blue Lowdown

The last 2 games UK played showed their best and their worst. Against Washington, they were quite evenly matched (dude, check the box score--the stats are virtually identical!), but they persevered, played smart and pulled out a win.

Against Connecticut, they fell into foul trouble early and just never recovered. And they ran into Kemba Walker, who made a serious name for himself in this tourney. (You notice when Jones fouled Walker in the 2nd half, they were quick to pat each other on the...

UK got off to a good start hitting 7 of their first 8 shots and doing serious damage on the offensive glass.  Lamb came off the bench and kept the offense going.  OU was undermanned at every position it seemed, their only real hope was catching UK on an off-shooting night.  Didn’t happen.

UK shot 50% from the field and out rebounded OU 37-29.  OU didn’t let UK keep stretching their lead as they did against ETSU and Portland.   But Jones was unstoppable: 29 points, 13 boards, 4 blocks—hell,...

Kyle Wiltjer, 6-9 PF from Portland, Oregon, chooses Kentucky. Wiltjer is described as a multi-skilled big man and is listed among the top five at his position by various recruiting services. This gives UK its fourth top 20 commitment for the 2010-2011 campaign.

It seems like yesteryear that UK was recruiting players like Konner Tucker to lead the storied Big Blue Program into glory. No more! Since Billy G drove the Budweiser truck out of Lexington, the Big Blue has found its rightful place once again on the center of the Recruiting map.

Coach Calipari is on fire. He is the “It” Coach at the “It” Program, and he has enjoyed two straight #1 recruiting classes. How about a third straight, and potentially, the greatest recruiting class of all...

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Enes Kanter

Just when Kentucky fans thought it was safe to abandon hope for next season, Coach John Calipari has gone out and assembled another completely ridiculous signing class, capped off with the news that consensus top 10 recruit Terrence Jones will sign with the Wildcats.

Jones, a smooth 6-9 power forward from Portland, Ore., was originally committed to Washington, but late Wednesday night news outlets were reporting that he would indeed sign with Kentucky.

Adding Jones to a backcourt of Enes...

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...

The BBL’s own JRokDimes offers his candid thoughts on Thursday night’s Kentucky-Cornell matchup in the East Regional Semifinal.

Folks, I will eat my helping of crow. The final margin of 17 (Kentucky 62-Cornell 45) does seem to reflect a dominating performance by the Cats. We at the BBL were wrong to insist that the game would be close throughout.

Kentucky’s overwhelming NCAA Tournament performance through two games (vicious beatings of East Tennessee State and Wake Forest) have got the basketball media speculating left and right about the slew of Wildcats leaving school after the season to enter the NBA draft.

Most reports have made it a foregone conclusion since January that John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins and Patrick Patterson would leave UK for NBA riches when the season ended. But due to reports by draft guru Chad Ford and a range of...

Eric Bledsoe’s one handed tomahawk dunk against Wake Forest last Saturday may go down as one of the greatest NCAA Tournament dunks in Kentucky history.

Here’s Bledsoe talking about it. We must say, it’s a refreshing feeling to know that the head coach is encouraging his super studs to “dunk on people” when they get the opportunity. And folks wonder why John Calipari is one of the best recruiters in the game.

We’re going to play Devil’s Advocate with the Big Blue Nation here and say, “uh oh” with regard to the Kentucky Wildcats next opponent in the 2010 NCAA Tournament. The team of which we speak is the Cornell Big Red.

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Cornell just overwhelmed and discombobulated two teams who spent the entire season in or around the Top 25. The games weren’t close. They dictated their style and their amoeba defensive zone prevented both Temple and Wisconsin from entering the ball...

The Kentucky Wildcats will battle Wake Forest tonight in a second round matchup that should be plenty entertaining to a primetime national TV audience.

Here are a few of the BBL’s thoughts on this game.

1) Wake Forest’s chances start and end with point guard Ish Smith. Smith, fresh off a game winning jumper to beat Texas in OT Thursday, is the playmaker and pace setter for the Demon Deacons. He is athletic and quick and should be a fine challenge for Kentucky’s young guards. Keep an eye on...