Well we're in a tight spot, aren't we? The greatest teams in sports do not pull from obscurity. The Yankees and the Lakers don't. The Bluebloods of college basketball, Kansas, North Carolina and,...
https://www.aseaofblue.com/2024/4/10/24126439/billie-galespie-anyone-a-long-shot-coach-at-kentucky
The question in the title troubles me. Even Cal's detractors will admit he is a stellar recruiter. And he has his finger on the pulse of the recruiting game even now. NIL can get kids on campus...
https://www.aseaofblue.com/2024/4/9/24125045/did-cal-leave-over-nil
Matt on twitter Following Mitch and Cal sitting down tonight to discuss the future of the program, and heightened administrative involvement, Matt Jones of KSR is reporting that Calipari will ...
https://www.aseaofblue.com/2024/3/26/24113026/matt-jones-reporting-that-cal-is-returning
It’s finally here! The book that finally answers the question, "Why did Kentucky have to play the 1966 game against Texas Western instead of Duke?" Written by a lifetime Duke fan who remember...
https://www.aseaofblue.com/2024/3/12/24098490/1966-kentucky-duke-final-four-game
I constantly hear two old, and rather simple minded complaints in regard to Coach Calipari, one of how he sometimes is non-responsive to questions, and resorts to 'coach speak', basically not tel...
https://www.aseaofblue.com/2024/2/14/24073564/its-a-matter-of-understanding-coach-speak
We occasionally see pieces on players that once played for UK and moved on to play in the NBA. During the winter doldrums I decided to check in on the players that moved on via the transfer porta...
Here's my totally random guess at who stays and who comes back. The percentages have changed frequently over the last couple of days as I worked on this. But I'm putting down my guesses. Your t...
https://www.aseaofblue.com/2023/3/22/23652695/who-stays-who-goes
ON 3, KSR's parent company, published an excerpt from this 2019 ESPN article this morning: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27148543/under-knife-exposing-america-youth-basketball-crisis?plat...
https://www.aseaofblue.com/2023/3/8/23631466/basketball-injuries-we-need-a-new-paradigm
Let me start off by saying I love Cal. I think he's a great person and a damn good coach who has been responsible for one of the best runs Kentucky basketball history and whenever he does walk aw...
https://www.aseaofblue.com/2023/1/2/23536029/who-should-replace-cal
Prior to the current football season a commenter posted a rather long article on how Kentucky winning at least eight games was an absolute certainty. The point of the article was that this person...
https://www.aseaofblue.com/2022/11/22/23473379/as-it-turned-out-there-are-no-locks
The season has not gotten off to the start that UK fans would have hoped for. Some of that is bad luck - looking at the officials on the MSU game in particular, because while no one is or should ...
https://www.aseaofblue.com/2022/11/21/23472108/whats-right-and-whats-wrong
After a dissapointing upset to 15 seed, St. Peters, in last years NCAA Tournament, Kentucky will look to avenge their loss and bring home No. 9 for not only the program, but all of Big Blue Nati...
UK head coach John Calipari said he and his wife, Ellen, will match $50,000 in donations. "If you know Mike Pratt, you know what a special man he is. He’s a dear friend to many and a gentlema...
Let's all join in supporting Mike Pratt. Here is a link: https://www.givesendgo.com/mikepratt?sharemsg=display Mike’s cancer journey started in July of 2019 with a removal of a tumor in his...
Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports Oscar Tshiebwe's decision to come back to UK was a monumental moment for UK hoops. Hell, it was a monumental moment for college basketball in general, considering th...
https://www.aseaofblue.com/2022/5/7/23060835/cals-best-uk-big-men