Kentucky Sports Radio
[Moderated by Matt Jones]
[Moderated by Matt Jones]
Its been a tough week to be a UK fan. There was the Chris Singleton loss, the Jodie Meeks injury, the continued talk about Gardner-Webb…..its all been a little much. But today I was cheered up a bit when I saw our man John Pelphrey on the sidelines coaching the Hogs down in Puerto Rico. Pelphrey (whose hair now looks a bit like Jim from “The Office”) has a talented bunch of players in his first year and is already putting his stamp on the team. They played College of Charleston (coached by blast from the past, Bobby Cremins) and were pressing most of the game, taking three pointers and moving without the basketball much more than the Stan Heath era teams were known to do. On the sideline, Pelphrey is a bit like the young kid coaching his first youth game and feeling the need to yell on every play. In the nearly empty Puerto Rico gym, you could literally hear nearly all of John’s screams (which occurred every three seconds) and it became comical to listen to his continuous monologue in the background of the announcers’ voices. But equally as clear was his passion and ability on the sidelines. Simply put, Pelphrey is going to have Arkansas very good quickly and will make the SEC an even tougher place than it already has been the past few years. Pelphrey was the perfect hire for Arkansas and I look forward to watching him perform….he just must agree to lose to his alma mater once a year.
For Friday, ten quick hits…..
(1) Rafeal Little is officially questionable for the game on Saturday against Georgia, but the coaches believe he will likely play and see action. We will however see Tony Dixon, thus giving the Cats more depth at RB.
(2) I talked to someone close to the program today who told me that since the Gardner-Webb game, the practices have been a bit less intense. He said, “Coach seems to have realized that we have to take a step back if we want to have any players left. The practices are still hard, but not suicidal.” I for one see that as good news.
(3) With the Singleton news complete, the question becomes who the next big man on target will be. Three names have popped up in my conversations over the last two days. Aziz N’Diaye, Dwight Miller and Teeng Akol are still getting attention from the staff and it is expected that all three will be getting more focus in the next few weeks. Early next week we will break down all three players and compare them. For now, let me just say that my Akol thoughts are not positive as anyone who heard our Marshall County Hoopfest broadcast from last year can attest. Steve John of Kentucky Sports Report also has said tonight that Matt Simpkins may be getting a look…..West Coast guy, but a player to watch.
(4) Poor Bobby Knight. In an underreported score, Bobby lost to Sam Houston State 56-54this week. They lose a game like this every year…..now that he has left Indiana, I do admit to liking Knight…they play Davy Crockett Upstate next.
(5) I continue to hear that Derrick Jasper’s return is way up in the air. Most hold out hope that he can return mid-January and make a difference….but there is still a worry that permeates the program that he wont return at all this season. That would be awful for the team…..losing Jasper, Meeks and Harris means that UK is without their three best perimeter defenders….that is a problem.
(6) I feel bad about the news that Peanut Whitehead’s career at louisville is done. Maybe the best defensive recruit they have ever gotten and a spinal injury ends his playing days. Very tough to swallow.
(7) Phil Jackson’s line the other day about his team’s defense, “It was like Brokeback Mountain, too much penetration.” is not the kind of thing you hear a coach say very often…..well except Pat Summitt.
(8) Kevin Love is good, Derrick Rose is very good, OJ Mayo is very very good, Eric Gordon is very very very good and Michael Beasley…..well he is just sick. These five guys will make this a great year in college basketball.
(9) To answer the many emails on the subject, yes I have seen the West Virginia soccer player girl and while she is quite hot, no I wont put her pictures up here. This is a family site after all and the Kentucky Sports Radio girls are enough.
(10) Look for more radio broadcast games this year as the Kentucky Sports Radio crew calls a Darius Miller, DeAndre Liggins and Dakotah Euton game. All three guys play in Lexington this year, and we will be at all events. I cant tell you how good I think Darius Miller will be. He will be the next great player from this state.
One more quick thing. After a delay in production, I just got my copies of the Kentucky Basketball Preview Guide for which Victoria Sun and I compiled the UK section. It includes a preview of UK, UL and high school basketball in the state. We have a preview of EVERY UK player and interviews with all of them compiled before the season. I looked at the magazine and am VERY pleased with how it turned out and recommend purchasing it at the length on the left sidebar. Each purchase you make helps fund this site and keep it free (which we like) but also gives you a GREAT magazine to use through the year. I am honest about what we do that is good here and what isnt so good, but this magazine is top quality and is as good a preview for UK as you will find. We will have excerpts from the magazine these next two weeks to show you what is in it, but I would appreciate all of you that can to order a copy. For those of you that HAVE ordered a copy, I understand they have been sent this week and should arrive early next week.
More throughout the day as we get ready for the Georgia “We still act like Herschel Walker is on Campus” Bulldogs………
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November 15th, 2007 at 11:07 pm
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November 15th, 2007 at 11:13 pm
Unless Akol is vastly better than what I witnessed last year, I would vote to pass on him.
BTW….For those who haven’t seen this…why not West Virginia Soccer Girl? We have had so little this week to give us pleasure……….
November 15th, 2007 at 11:16 pm
can someone post a link for this soccer girl? i have yet to see it
November 15th, 2007 at 11:17 pm
i can’t find the soccer girl on google…
November 15th, 2007 at 11:17 pm
whats the soccer girl?
November 15th, 2007 at 11:21 pm
Matt Simpkins is playing at NC prep school this year. Academics –> JuCo.
November 15th, 2007 at 11:21 pm
soccer girl is all that matters right now please help us.
November 15th, 2007 at 11:23 pm
soccer girl was posted on TCP…she is wearing the Kentucky Basketball shirt
November 15th, 2007 at 11:25 pm
unless you have info that mentions Mercer, Walker, and Mashburn using their last few years of eligibilty for this season we only want to hear about the soccer girl.
November 15th, 2007 at 11:30 pm
Soccer girl…possibly??
http://www.msnsportsnet.com/profile.cfm?id=101060&sport=wsoccer
November 15th, 2007 at 11:42 pm
What the heck Matt, Where is the WV gal with the Uk stuff????
November 15th, 2007 at 11:44 pm
Take a look through some of my pages and tell me what u think:
http://s225.photobucket.com/albums/dd252/YankeeCpt/
November 15th, 2007 at 11:48 pm
i thought i heard that little is now probable to play saturday?
November 15th, 2007 at 11:57 pm
#10 you figured it out. The pictures elsewhere on the ‘net are much hotter.
November 16th, 2007 at 12:02 am
http://www.barstoolsports.com/
Scroll down…we have a winner.
November 16th, 2007 at 12:08 am
in the voice of Al Pacino, “she’s got a great a–”.
November 16th, 2007 at 12:10 am
Junk in the trunk!! Owwwwwwwwwwwww!!! That should be outlawed!!!
November 16th, 2007 at 12:13 am
Time for 40 minutes of PEL. As for recruiting, I couldn’t agree more with the excitement about Miller. As Kige would say, “He’s a stud.”
Tough news on Peanut, puts things in perspective. I think we can all agree we wish him the best, keep this young man in your thoughts, and if you are so inclined prayers.
November 16th, 2007 at 12:22 am
Sorry to put a damper on the WV soccer girl, I didn’t read above before I posted. Wow. Wow.
November 16th, 2007 at 12:25 am
soccer girl link:
http://www.barstoolsports.com/randomthoughts/2007/11/14/breaking_news_ stokke_show_has/
enjoy.
November 16th, 2007 at 12:33 am
good work on the link, my evening is complete
November 16th, 2007 at 12:41 am
Well well well… here’s a bit of news I just stumbled on and fell to the ground on. Remeber our boy Michael Sanchez (6′ 9″ 230) that we were looking at for the 2007 class? I know finding a scholarship would have been a challenge since Patterson came on board, however… Pelphrey got him.
AND HE’S GONNA REDSHIRT! DOH!
http://www.wholehogsports.com/adg/207256/
Just knowing that a banger with Magloire tendencies who Billy G. was tracking, is sitting on a bench at another school because Arkansas has plenty of bigs (PLENTY), is painful at the moment. He went to the home school that was 10 minutes away.
November 16th, 2007 at 12:44 am
Just got a copy of the mag Matt. I’m in Louisiana so it better be good, I don’t get to see the players live very often.
November 16th, 2007 at 12:49 am
no offense #22 because you are one of the good posters but I believe most people knew that Sanchez signed with Arkansas months ago.
November 16th, 2007 at 1:07 am
Yea, thats not my point #24. My point is HE REDSHIRTED within the last couple of days. His intention was to play as if he wasn’t going to get playing time he would rather have gone to prep school in Nevada.
November 16th, 2007 at 1:08 am
One more year to get with the college girls and drink the booze.
November 16th, 2007 at 1:12 am
#25 sorry about that, you are right, I wonder if he realizes he could have started with us at this point.
November 16th, 2007 at 1:14 am
Sanchez got lulled into the home school by Pelphrey. Gillespie told him playing time here existed, but he would have to work for it. This is all verbatim from Marc Maggards interview with him posted on KSR months ago.
I feel Pelphrey told him what he wanted to hear. When reality is anyone looking at Arkansas roster can see he wouldn’t play this year. Have a look at their frontcourt for yourself.
http://www.hogwired.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=6100&KEY=&SPID=2421 &SPSID=30749
The kid was duped IMO (I wish I could pat John Pelphrey on the back myself)… Gillespie was honest and I think it hurt us in this case (but you have to respect it) … I just wonder if Sanchez wishes he was here now.
November 16th, 2007 at 1:19 am
Yea, no problem GoCats. Unfortunately, if you look at our front court on paper it looks formidable as well. That might have been a deciding factor for him, as at least most of the Arkansas bigs are Seniors where as ours aren’t. That’s whats been hurting us for the past 4 years in recruiting IMO (full frontcourt on paper, empty on the court… as they can’t earn playing time).
If anyone only knew.
November 16th, 2007 at 6:26 am
“Intern Gets Busted Lying About A Family Emergency When Pictures of Him Dressed As A Fairy For Halloween Show Up on Facebook”
This is one reason why I won’t drink a bud light!
November 16th, 2007 at 8:05 am
I think this may be the first time I have EVER wanted anything in West Virginia……
November 16th, 2007 at 8:08 am
Matt,
When will you be broadcasting the radio show in Lexington. I thought you said you were getting more radio stations.
November 16th, 2007 at 8:32 am
Sanchez went to Arkansas so his family could see him play.
UK landed Top 10 C (Morris) in 2004. No other highly rated C would pick UK in 2005, 2006, or 2007 with him getting 30 minutes PT.
UK landed Top 75 C Jared Carter over Illinois and North Carolina (NCAA finalists) in 2005.
UK landed Top 50 PF Perry Stevenson over schools like Ga Tech, LSU, and Texas (all recent FF participants) in 2006.
UK landed Top 100 C (Gibbons rating) Morakinyo Williams in 2007.
November 16th, 2007 at 8:33 am
I don’t understand why we can’t get any BIGS in at Lexington. We need to start some kind of big man legacy here like they have at Georgetown. The George doesn’t even have to recruit that position, all big men want to play just because thats where great centers play.
November 16th, 2007 at 8:35 am
WOW… just saw the soccer girl. Forget about the big men in #34, I want a soccer girl legacy for UK.
November 16th, 2007 at 9:50 am
Our little WVU soccer player is only 5′2″!! Oh the possibilities! Dammit, I’m not going to be able to get anything done today. That chick is drivin me crazy with all the pics of her mounting other ladies.
November 16th, 2007 at 9:58 am
33 Okay G.G. we always appreciate the “wonderful” info you give us. Your daddy is in Minnesota now go on over to their boards. And by the way it IS pretty obvious that Tubby left us with a full deck isn’t it.
November 16th, 2007 at 10:00 am
I give up. Posting on this board has become impossible.
November 16th, 2007 at 10:00 am
Tough to hear a football player as young as Peanut is done and he had such a bright future.
Go CATS!!!!!!!!!! Crush Moreno
November 16th, 2007 at 10:09 am
What is going on with BCG’s
contract? This whole thing is
going to reach a boiling point
and the hatred between Gillispie and Barnhart
will set the program back for years.
November 16th, 2007 at 10:14 am
David, does anything positive about UK ever come from your posts?
What a naysayer dude, stop it and be happy with your life or something.
Quit projecting problems and evil scenarios where there are none.
November 16th, 2007 at 10:15 am
WTF
November 16th, 2007 at 10:19 am
Geeeez. Soccer girl is like an Olsen twin with butt implants. Me thinky about taking road trip to Morgantown for some exciting NCAA women’s soccer.
ON A SAD NOTE, anybody out there who is a Cincinnati Reds fan, or has ever been a Cincinnati fan, say a prayer for the Old Lefthander tonight.
Joe Knuxhall passed away at the age of 79 yesterday.
November 16th, 2007 at 10:31 am
Nice to hear we’ve backed off of the “Boot Camp” practices a little. We need to do our best to protect the remaining players from injuries.
November 16th, 2007 at 11:41 am
BPatte, the boot camp was only for 8 days.
November 16th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
#43 I understand that the actual BG boot camp was for only 8 days but there has been a lot of talk about the intensity of the practices we’ve been having. I was referring to our intense practices. This includes full practices on game days and so forth. If you read Matt’s comment “the practices have been a little less intense”, I was only making the comment that it was nice to hear that “maybe” we’re trying to protect our remaining players from injury. Excuse me for calling BG’s practices “Boot Camp”. You BG worshipers are so sensitive. Better get used to it though, there’s going to be a lot of comments in the future questioning Mr. G.
November 16th, 2007 at 12:24 pm
Wow. Mountaineer soccer chick has an ass you can serve drinks on.
November 16th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
“Kentucky Sports Radio girls are enough” and just where are these Matt?
November 16th, 2007 at 2:46 pm
#46. What the hell are you talking about?
I was talking about the passing of the Cincinnati Reds radio announcer & former player.
I didn’t mention a single word about UK bball or Coach Gillispie.
If you’re gonna concoct meth cocktails in your bathtub, sell it to neighborhood schoolchildren man; don’t drink it yourself!
November 16th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
Sorry SeoulCat, I was referring to #45. My mistake. I loved Joe too and especially his annoucing of the reds games.
November 16th, 2007 at 11:34 pm
#33 - 1 Top 10 player. 0 Top 25 players. 3 more Top 50 players. 1 Top 75 player. 2 Top 100 players. And 6 players NR (Not Ranked in Top 100) including 1 walk-on.
http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/statistics/roster1997-98.html Yep, THAT roster had 1 McDonalds A-A and 2 Parade A-A on it.