Archive for the ‘NCAA basketball’ Category

Revenge Is A Dish Best Served Cold

Posted: 8th January 2009 by Derrick Johnson in Billy Gillispie, Jodie Meeks, Josh Harrellson, Kentucky Basketball, Mike Hartline, NCAA basketball, Patrick Patterson, Perry Stevenson, Rupp Arena, SEC football, UK basketball, Vanderbilt
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It was February 12, 2008.  It was a cold night in Nashville, Tennessee, especially inside Vanderbilt’s Memorial Gym for the visiting Kentucky basketball team.  The Cats entered the game riding a five game winning streak and left with wounded pride.  The Commodores came into the game looking for blood after the Cats had given them [...]

Looking Forward To 2009

Posted: 26th December 2008 by Derrick Johnson in Jodie Meeks, Kentucky Basketball, Kevin Galloway, NCAA basketball, NCAA Championships, NCAA tournament, Patrick Patterson, UK basketball
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With the unofficial midseason break known as Christmas now in the past, its time to look at some of the things I will be expecting from the basketball Cats for the rest of this year.  First, Jodie Meeks and Patrick Patterson could both break the 1000 point mark for their UK careers by the end [...]

Liggins and Galloway Saga = Annoying

Posted: 20th August 2008 by Kenny Colston in Billy Gillispie, DeAndre Liggins, Kentucky Basketball, Kevin Galloway, NCAA basketball, UK basketball
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I’m tired. You’re tired. Everyone is tired. Tired of what? Of this ring a round the rosie dance that the NCAA and UK are doing involving DeAndre Liggins and Kevin Galloway. Are they qualified. Or not? It’s a simple question friends. You see, yesterday UK released a summer roster and both players were on it. [...]

COMPLAINTS AND GRIEVANCES

Posted: 29th July 2008 by Kenny Colston in NCAA basketball, UK basketball
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This is nothing more than a list of things in the world of college basketball that really grind my gears, but not so much that each thing deserves its own episode of “The Shoot.” Still, I have a lot on my mind, so let’s get on with this. *Most coaches don’t have a lick of [...]

Debunking A Myth: Top Teams Don't Have Down Years

Posted: 19th July 2008 by Kenny Colston in Kentucky Basketball, NCAA basketball, NCAA Championships, NCAA tournament, Rick Pitino, UK basketball
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I’m not really a big stats guy, but this morning I dived into stats, media guides and everything else to debunk a myth. You see, some dummy decided to comment on Seth’s UK/Duke 1998 WGCGA and echo another dummy who said UK was done as a top program. Yeah, those are mostly fearful comments, so [...]