Archive for the ‘Daniel Orton’ Category

Weekend Observations: I Can Catch It Coach, Put Me In

Posted: 13th October 2008 by Derrick Johnson in Daniel Orton, Dicky Lyons Jr., Jodie Meeks, Kentucky Basketball, Kentucky Football, Mike Hartline, Patrick Patterson, Randall Cobb, UK basketball, UK football
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  What a weekend!  Madness, the loss to USC and Daniel Orton commits.  Quite a bit of happenings in Lexington this weekend.   USC Game and Quarterback Questions Holy Crap what an awful game that was Saturday.  It was by far one of the worst games I’ve seen two teams play in a while.  Although [...]

BASKETBALL SCHOLARSHIPS NO LONGER A PROBLEM?

Posted: 2nd September 2008 by Kenny Colston in Billy Gillispie, Daniel Orton, Donald Williams, Recruiting, UK basketball
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If there was one major concern I had about Coach Gillispie, it might be that he wants to win so badly this season that the recruiting for this season might make landing players in future seasons more difficult. Last week, Donald Williams committed to Kentucky and officially became the 13th and final scholarship player on [...]

ELITE CAMP 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO

Posted: 8th August 2008 by Kenny Colston in Billy Gillispie, Daniel Orton, Recruiting, UK basketball
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Billy Gillispie held his second Elite Camp of the summer on Wednesday, and two stories emerged, so let’s get right to it. GILLISPIE AND ORTON, SITTING IN A TREE That’s right, Kentucky’s #1 2009 target was there in all of his Daniel Orton glory, and his father was there as well, in all of his [...]

WHY I THINK DANIEL ORTON WILL COME TO KENTUCKY

Posted: 4th August 2008 by Kenny Colston in Billy Gillispie, Daniel Orton, Patrick Patterson, Recruiting, UK basketball
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We’ll do this one in numbered list form, since I have multiple reasons and numbered lists look prettier. 1. Playing time. There will be loads of playing time for Daniel Orton at Kentucky, regardless of what happens with Patrick Patterson at the end of the season. Remember, Coach Gillispie has said that he will have [...]

The Great Facebook Debate — Recruiting Part 2.

Posted: 2nd July 2008 by Kenny Colston in Daniel Orton, Jared Carter, Josh Harrellson, Kentucky Basketball, Recruiting, UK basketball
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Ed. note: Today is part 2 of a two part series on facebook and recruiting. Part 1 can be found here. Yesterday, Seth took a good stance on the whole Daniel Orton/facebook issue. It makes little sense for someone, anyone, to hack a player’s facebook profile. Although, I’m not exactly sure his profile was hacked… [...]

The Great Facebook Debate — Recruiting, Part 1

Posted: 1st July 2008 by Kenny Colston in Daniel Orton, John Wall, Kentucky Basketball, Recruiting, Travis Ford, UK basketball
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Ed. Note: This is the first in a two-part series about the impact of sites like Facebook and Myspace on recruiting. Part One is a column from writer Seth Stogsdill. Two part will be tomorrow morning. THE SHOOT: EPISODE #13 – FACEBOOK –Seth Stogsdill The views I’m about to express are my own, but as [...]

Recruit Scouting Report: Daniel Orton

Posted: 24th June 2008 by Kenny Colston in Daniel Orton, Kentucky Basketball, Recruiting, UK basketball
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If you would like to contribute to UK Wildcat Country, e-mail me at kennethcolston@gmail.com SCOUTING REPORT: DANIEL ORTON –Seth Stogsdill Well, I know you can’t always believe things you hear on the Internet, but sometimes the news is just too good to ignore. If you believe the rumor mills coming from the Elite Camp, Kentucky [...]