BBL: Four departures, house for sale, and recruiting news
May 27th, 2009 ║ Posted By: MrSEC.com ║ Permalink
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Big Blue Links for Wednesday:
- Jerry Tipton of the Herald-Leader reports that walk-on Landon Slone is leaving the UK basketball program along with Donald Williams, A.J. Stewart and Jared Carter.
- John Calipari sends a tweet apologizing for not meeting with Slone.
- My column on new UK assistant basketball coach Rod Strickland.
- Tipton also reports that ex-UK player Dale Brown would like an exhibition game with UK.
- Beverly Fortune of the Herald-Leader reports that Billy Gillispie’s house is back up for sale, with a $1.5 million asking price.
- David Climer of the Tennessean writes that Kentucky is showing what’s wrong with NCAA scholarship rules.
- James Quinn of espn.com reports that UK target Roscoe Smith is looking at all his options.
- Calipari tells Jon Solomon of the Birmingham News that the dribble-drive offense does have room for two point guards. (Hat tip to Tom Leach.)
- Brett Dawson of the Courier-Journal reports that the NCAA does educate student-athletes on the types of supplements Jeremy Jarmon used.
- Dawson also reports on the trio leaving the UK basketball team.
- Jody Demling of the Courier-Journal blogs about UK assistant Orlando Antigua.
- A Sea of Blue writes about SEC basketball’s out-of-conference scheduling.
- UK Sports Info looks at the basketball roster taking shape.
- Inner Circle writes on the four departures and the new media.
