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Calipari to Kentucky.
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"Cal-i-PAR-i" or "Cal-i-PEAR-i" ???
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Yeah, and I like Vilarino, seen him quite a few times over the years... But he's a stretch if you're expecting a real contributor for a high-majorprogram, IMO...
It wouldn't surprise me if he had a solid career at UK, but he's just more the mid-major/low-level power conference kinda kid if you ask me...
Gillispie wanted so bad to keep a foothold in Texas he reached on kids like Vilarino and KC Ross-Miller to keep those roots alive... Can't blame him,because Texas is home, basketball here has grown exponentially over the last 10 years or so, and it'll only get better... But he needed to pick his spotsbetter... Vilarino, Ross-Miller, and Kendrick aren't elite high-major talents...
It wouldn't surprise me if he had a solid career at UK, but he's just more the mid-major/low-level power conference kinda kid if you ask me...
Gillispie wanted so bad to keep a foothold in Texas he reached on kids like Vilarino and KC Ross-Miller to keep those roots alive... Can't blame him,because Texas is home, basketball here has grown exponentially over the last 10 years or so, and it'll only get better... But he needed to pick his spotsbetter... Vilarino, Ross-Miller, and Kendrick aren't elite high-major talents...
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I've always said PAR but I believe it's PEAR and did you see the hate on this thread http://niketalk.com/topic/164937 ? dude said he would rather commit suicide then live in KY.
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Does Billy G get a refund from Orton's pops?
Congrats guys....dominance for UK is on the way.
Just let Latavious be.
Congrats guys....dominance for UK is on the way.
Just let Latavious be.
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Latavious Williams gets a big
from me...
Dumping the guys that stuck with you (Baylor/Kansas State) when it was unclear whether or not you'd qualify is lame...
Dumping the guys that stuck with you (Baylor/Kansas State) when it was unclear whether or not you'd qualify is lame...
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can I pleeeeeeassssse post Kanye saying "Welcome to Heartbreak"
Jodie Meeks + John Wall + X.Henry
Jodie Meeks + John Wall + X.Henry
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I tell Meeks to hit the bricks if he wants.
Keep Pat at all costs.
Keep Pat at all costs.
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Originally Posted by tmukg21
can I pleeeeeeassssse post Kanye saying "Welcome to Heartbreak"
Jodie Meeks + John Wall + X.Henry
Henry will be a Jayhawk by end of the week.
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Greg Doyle:
"What happens now that John Calipari is coaching Kentucky? I'll tell you what happens. Kentucky will win like it's the Boston Celtics. Collegebasketball as you know it? It's over."
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/story/11573816
"What happens now that John Calipari is coaching Kentucky? I'll tell you what happens. Kentucky will win like it's the Boston Celtics. Collegebasketball as you know it? It's over."
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/story/11573816
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I could see Meeks hurting when it isn't his team really.
But the potential lineup Kentucky has....
Wall
Henry
Meeks
Patterson
Cousins
But the potential lineup Kentucky has....
Wall
Henry
Meeks
Patterson
Cousins
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I wanna post some music regarding this, but I ain't getting banned.Originally Posted by tmukg21
can I pleeeeeeassssse post Kanye saying "Welcome to Heartbreak"
Jodie Meeks + John Wall
Good luck Cal, you gonna have a sick squad assembled the next couple years if your recruits and your transfers follow you.
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Do you all think that there is any chance that neither Cousins, Henry, or Wall come to UK? JW
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Oh, and just for the sake of reference, it's still not FACT in my mind until I see a press conference, complete with a bunch of NCAA and UK logos behindCalipari, announcing that he has arrived.
Then and only then will I completely exhale.
Then and only then will I completely exhale.
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talking to Seth, he thinks Wall is going to duke
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why? All Wall would have to do is talk Cousins and Xavier or Lance to come to KY with him a guaranteed championship, almost, well you know what imeanOriginally Posted by PhilBalla09
talking to Seth, he thinks Wall is going to duke
why he doesn't he like KY?
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And Andy Katz thinks Henry is going to KU.Originally Posted by PhilBalla09
talking to Seth, he thinks Wall is going to duke
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he could still follow cal....edit: earlier, i asked him where he thought Wall was gonna go and he said duke. He didn't say anything else
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I don't think he'll get 'em all to come, he'll get a few. But, I don't really bank on freshman until I see them play at the college levelanyway. There's a reason there's only been 1 Fab 5.
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I've read Wall hates North Carolina and wants to get the hell out of there. And considering his final 2 were Baylor and Memphis, I believe it.Originally Posted by tmukg21
why? All Wall would have to do is talk Cousins and Xavier or Lance to come to KY with him a guaranteed championship, almost, well you know what i meanOriginally Posted by PhilBalla09
talking to Seth, he thinks Wall is going to duke
why he doesn't he like KY?
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John Calipari will be the next coach of Kentucky after accepting an eight-year, $35-million deal, according to the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
Calipari plans to bring his "whole staff" with him, according to assistant Orlando Antigua.
"Go Big Blue," Antigua wrote in a text message.
Memphis point guard Tyreke Evans also plans too leave and will head to the NBA after his freshman season.
"If he's leaving, I'm not staying," Evans told Jeff Goodman of FOXSports.com. "Coach leaving did it for me."
Now the question is: What happens to Calipari's star-studded recruiting class?
We talked to Carl Henry, the father of Xavier and C.J. Henry; John Wall; and Otis Hughley, the coach of DeMarcus Cousins. Here's what they had to say.
Carl Henry said Calipari would like both of his sons - Xavier and C.J. - to follow him to Kentucky.
"He wants both of my kids to come," Carl Henry said. "I can't speak for them. They gotta tell me if they want to go to Kentucky, or where they want to go to school."
Xavier is currently in Miami at the McDonald's All-American Game. Carl said C.J., who is not on scholarship at Memphis, was "kind of in shock that [Calipari] left."
Xavier, the No. 1 shooting guard in the Class of 2009, told reporters in Miami that he would re-open his recruitment.
"I could get out of my letter of intent if he wasn't there for any reason," he said of Calipari. "It re-opens my whole recruitment to everybody and anybody."
Carl said his son could wind up at Kansas or Kentucky, but would not remain at Memphis.
"If he wants to go to Kentucky, it's fine," Carl said. "If he wants to go to Kansas, it's fine. They would not go to Memphis, no."
Xavier chose Memphis over Kansas last November, and Kansas could try to get him back a second time. He still has three official visits remaining.
Lance Stephenson, the 6-5 wing out of Brooklyn Lincoln ranked No. 4 among shooting guards, was expected to announce for Kansas Tuesday in Miami, but chose to hold off instead.
Now it remains to be seen if Kansas coach Bill Self will target Henry over Stephenson, or vice versa.
The Jayhawks could theoretically land both, but would have to juggle some scholarships with the in-state players on the roster.
Carl Henry said Kentucky was an option, but that his son didn't know much about the school.
"You went to Memphis for Coach Cal," he said. "He goes to Kentucky. To me it's nothing as a player to do what Coach Cal did and follow a guy. But as a 17-year-old he might think different. He knows nothing abut Kentucky."
Wall, who is uncommitted and is ranked the top recruit in the nation by Rivals.com, said he would consider following Calipari to Kentucky. Memphis had been his leader.
"Probably so, yeah," he said Tuesday by phone. "I probably would [follow Calipari]. I really have to sit down and talk to my family and all that."
Memphis appears to be out now that Calipari is gone.
"I wasn't committed to nobody, they were just my leader and everything like that," he said of Memphis.
The 6-4 point guard out of Raleigh (N.C.) Word of God said he's still considering Duke, Kansas, Miami, Baylor and N.C. State. He has visited Kansas, Duke and Baylor and will trip to Miami April 22.
He said he plans to cut his list down by the Jordan Brand Classic April 18 at Madison Square Garden.
"I think I'm going to narrow my list down at the Jordan Game," he said. "I'm going to have to rethink it all over and cut my list."
And what about possibly playing with Henry and Cousins at Kentucky?
"It would be good," he said. "It could still happen or maybe not, you never know."
As for the 6-10 Cousins of Mobile (Ala.) LeFlore, he made an oral commitment to Memphis in March but hasn't signed. Cousins is the No. 1 power forward in the Class of 2009 according to Rivals.
"I'm just waiting like everybody else," Cousins told Jerry Meyer of Rivals. "If he leaves, I guess I'll have to start all the way over."
One source close to Cousins said he thinks he's gone.
"I think he's going to follow Coach Cal," the source said. "He wasn't going because of Memphis, it was because of Coach Calipari."
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Nice find Allen... pretty interesting.
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There are too many variables right now, but I doubt every Memphis recruit goes to Kentucky if for nothing else the scholarship crunch.
Cousins could go to KY but does he split time with Orton? Does Orton now break his LOI and go somewhere else?
The easy thing is that Henry goes to Kansas but what does Lance do then?
I've heard that Wall doesn't want to stay local because of a lot of people trying to ride his coat tails. His mother was sick before but thankfullyI've read she's doing better, so location may not be as important right now. I was certain he was Memphis-bound but I don't know. He had KY on hislist awhile ago but cut them out. I have a feeling he's thinking Duke which is unfortunate considering Coach K wouldn't give him the time of day untilBoynton committed to Florida.
And Kentucky has a scholarship crunch right now with no seniors depending on who goes to the NBA. I just know they can't keep their current players, taketheir recruits, Memphis' recruits, and any Memphis transfers like people are talking about. The waiver wire should be heating up in Lexington.
An easy solution is that Cousins and Wall both go to NC State since we were finalists for both, so they would still be part of the #1 recruiting class.
A guy can dream right?
Cousins could go to KY but does he split time with Orton? Does Orton now break his LOI and go somewhere else?
The easy thing is that Henry goes to Kansas but what does Lance do then?
I've heard that Wall doesn't want to stay local because of a lot of people trying to ride his coat tails. His mother was sick before but thankfullyI've read she's doing better, so location may not be as important right now. I was certain he was Memphis-bound but I don't know. He had KY on hislist awhile ago but cut them out. I have a feeling he's thinking Duke which is unfortunate considering Coach K wouldn't give him the time of day untilBoynton committed to Florida.
And Kentucky has a scholarship crunch right now with no seniors depending on who goes to the NBA. I just know they can't keep their current players, taketheir recruits, Memphis' recruits, and any Memphis transfers like people are talking about. The waiver wire should be heating up in Lexington.
An easy solution is that Cousins and Wall both go to NC State since we were finalists for both, so they would still be part of the #1 recruiting class.
A guy can dream right?
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Originally Posted by PhilBalla09
talking to Seth, he thinks Wall is going to duke
