The University of Kentucky made
its best showing in seven years in the final 2004-05 Directors’ Cup
all-sports standings sponsored by the National Association of
Collegiate Directors of Athletics, the United States Sports Academy,
and USA Today.
The good, the bad and other happenings
Notes written while finishing my 2006 NBA mock draft: When I
make my list of the most frivolous things in sports journalism, I
begin with the proliferation of lists and rankings
Basketball
Men
Morris may return to CatsIf center doesn't have agent, he might
be allowed back It's possible center
Randolph Morris could return to Kentucky next season. But like his
basketball future in general, his return to the Cats remained in limbo
as of last night.
Ex-Kentucky players overlooked in draft
In noting players who mistakenly forfeited their remaining college
eligibility to enter last night's NBA Draft, basketball commentator Dick
Vitale mentioned two former Kentucky players first.
Early entries, be prepared to shed tearsTo the graduating (or bolting) college (or would-be college)
basketball players: Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to
mourn … Oh, wait. That's for another occasion. Sorry.
Undrafted Morris could returnRandolph Morris was one of three University of
Kentucky players eligible for Tuesday night's NBA who were not picked.
Morris, Azubuike, Hayes All UndraftedRandolph Morris, Chuck Hayes and Kelenna
Azubuike all failed to hear their names called as the NBA conducted its
annual draft.
Football
Brooks selected as nation's 2nd worst coach by SI.com writer
In just over two months, Kentucky and Louisville will open the
football season. If college football writer Stewart Mandel of SI.com
is right, the game will be no contest because of the coaches
involved.
(6-28-05)
Basketball
Men
UK's Hayes 'on my toes' awaiting draftFOUR-YEAR PLAYER WILL LOW-KEY IT
TONIGHT, WATCHING TELECAST ALONE A telephone
call interrupted Chuck Hayes' breakfast yesterday. "Just having a bowl
of cereal," he said. Hayes, the four-season standout for Kentucky
basketball, didn't say if he was munching on the Breakfast of Champions.
He didn't have to say that he'd gladly settle for the porridge of an NBA
Draft pick.
A look at the NBA draft
As the countdown to tonight's NBA draft approaches, a
few random thoughts on what fans in the Bluegrass are continuing to
ponder.
Garcia looks solid in first roundUK's Morris also likely to be drafted
In what appears to be a wide-open National Basketball Association
draft, look for the University of Louisville's Francisco Garcia to go in
the first round tonight -- maybe as a late lottery choice.
University of Kentucky big man Randolph Morris could be selected late in
the first round -- a sign of his rising stock with NBA teams
Dr. Bo is behind the eight ball for NBA draft
The challenge is simple: From first to worst, select the order the eight
locals will hear their names called. Man up, Doc. The clock is running
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(6-26-05)
Basketball
Men
Ex-Cat Adrian Smith took long road to Hall of Fame
Adrian Smith started on an NCAA
championship team at the University of Kentucky, played on the 1960 U.S.
Olympic basketball team and was the MVP in the 1966 National Basketball
Association All-Star Game
Football
Cats launch ticket drive for '70,000 Strong'FOUR COMMERCIALS CELEBRATE LOYAL
FAN BASE; PULLEY NOT ONLY BLUEGRASS QB IN LINE TO PLAYThe fall season ticket campaign is under way, with the new UK
football commercials already appearing on the tube. The promotion,
titled "70,000 Strong," includes four sets of commercials, one
featuring Wildcats receiver Tommy Cook and three others starring
select UK fans.
(6-25-05)
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(6-24-05)
Basketball
Men
Guardians Classic coming to RuppCATS ONE OF FOUR HOSTS FOR TOURNEY
The University of Kentucky will
play host to first- and second-round games in the 16-team Guardians
Classic men's basketball tournament in November.
Syracuse ends UK's attendance streak
Syracuse has ended Kentucky's nine-year run as the leader in men's
basketball attendance. The Orange averaged 22,978 a game in the
Carrier Dome last season, beating Kentucky's average attendance of
22,520. NCAA champion North Carolina was third at 20,522 and
Louisville was fourth at 18,746, according to figures released in
this week's NCAA News.
Football
Bear’s Boys Reunion Set for Friday and Saturday
All-America quarterback Vito “Babe” Parilli, All-America end Steve
Meilinger, and NFL legend George Blanda are among the “Bear’s Boys”
group of Kentucky football alumni who are having a reunion Friday
and Saturday, June 24-25, in Lexington.
(6-23-05)
Basketball
Men
Morris has no business in draft
Anybody who watched Morris labor to average 8.8 points and 4.2
rebounds as a freshman knows this move has career-killer written all
over it. Even at 6 feet 10, Morris is no lottery pick. His name
might not be called at all
Morris won't return to UKCenter keeps name in for Tuesday's
draft The mystery is over for Randolph
Morris. He's headed to the NBA. Morris' high school coach Bryan
Bartley said last night that Morris, who played one year for the
University of Kentucky, has kept his name in the NBA Draft, forgoing
his final three years of college eligibility.
UK's Morris opts to remain in the draft
University of Kentucky center Randolph Morris will be staying in the
National Basketball Association draft. SFX, a sports agency that has
been advising Morris, released a statement last night on Morris'
behalf saying he will not return to UK for his sophomore year.
Morris chooses pro draft over UKRandolph Morris
won't be in a University of Kentucky uniform next season. The
6-foot-10 center, who averaged 8.8 points per game and 4.2 rebounds
per game in 19.8 minutes as a freshman last season has decided to
remain in the NBA draft pool according to his father, Ralph Morris.
UK's Morris remains in draft as deadline passes
Center started 33 of 34 games for Cats last season
Randolph Morris,
Kentucky's starting center last season as a freshman, will remain in
the NBA draft and not return to play basketball for the Wildcats.
WKYT-TV 27 in Lexington
announced on the 6 o'clock news this evening that Randolph Morris
will not be coming back to UK this Fall and will take his chances in
the draft.
RANDOLPH MORRIS TO LEAVE UK
FOR THE NBA According to Ralph Morris, father of UK
Freshman Randolph Morris, Morris will keep his name in this year's
NBA Draft, ending his career at UK.
It's deadline day for Morris
Today marks the deadline for University of Kentucky center Randolph
Morris to make a decision about his basketball future. Morris, who
has declared for next Tuesday's NBA Draft, has until 5 p.m. today to
remove his name from the draft.
Rondo to Vie for 2005 U21 National Team Spot
Kentucky rising sophomore Rajon Rondo will be among 21 players
competing for a spot on the USA Basketball Men’s Under-21 National
Team during the organizations tryouts July 21-23 in Dallas, Texas.
The trials will be used to select the final 12-member team that will
travel to Mar De Plata, Argentina, Aug. 5-14, to vie for the 2005
FIBA U21 World Championship.
UK's Rondo to try out for U.S. Under-21 team
University of Kentucky sophomore Rajon Rondo will be among 21
players competing for a spot on the USA Basketball Men's Under-21
national team from July 21-23 in Dallas
(6-20-05)
Football
Next stop for well-traveled Boone is Carolina
For a guy who has made the world his home for the better part of the
past seven years, Aaron Boone can't wait to get home -- to his real
home.
Basketball
Men
Morris to reveal his plans TuesdayThe immediate future of University of Kentucky
center Randolph Morris will be resolved Tuesday, according to his
father Ralph Morris.
(6-19-05)
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(6-18-05)
Football
Pulley shows why he's 'the whole package'UK RECRUIT EARNS MVP IN ALL-STAR
GAME He can do double duty, take snaps on
Friday, execute the crossover dribble on Saturday, but can Curtis
Pulley save University of Kentucky football?
(6-17-05)
Football
Game Time at Indiana Set at 6:45
The Kentucky at Indiana football game on Saturday, Sept. 17 in
Bloomington, Ind., will be at 6:45 p.m. ET in Memorial Stadium. The
game will be televised live by ESPN Classic as announced by the
Hoosiers’ league office today.
UK-IU football game will be on ESPN Classic
The University of Kentucky's football game at Indiana on Sept. 17
will kick off at 6:45 p.m. EDT so it can be be televised by ESPN
Classic.
UK, U of L signees spice all-star game
Andrew Robinson has practiced at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
before, but he'll be playing there for the first time tonight, when
he suits up for the Kentucky/Tennessee All-Star Football Classic.
Basketball
Men
Will Morris return?
As the deadline approaches for players to pull their
name out of the NBA draft if they want to retain their collegiate
eligibility, Kentucky center Randolph Morris again finds himself at
the center of more rumors.
Randolph Morris going back to
school?
Someone who
has been drawing mixed reviews from league executives and is
apparently seriously considering going back to school is Kentucky
center Randolph Morris. “He looks disinterested” said one source who
saw him work out in Atlanta. “Lumbering and too mechanical” said a
GM who picking in the late 1st round. “Go back to school” appears to
be the best advice he is receiving right now
(6-16-05)
Football
Masthay's foot is a sight for Blue eyesMURRAY ALL-STAR COULD HELP UK
When Tim Masthay steps into Commonwealth Stadium on Sept. 4
he'll be surrounded by eyes. Yes, speed will be a factor for the
freshman punter. Yes, the potential of a blocked punt will increase
from high school. But the biggest difference will be the sheer
number of people watching him catch, set, and punt the pigskin.
Fans speak: Keep U of L-UK game as is
Nearly 89 percent of Louisville fans and better than 79 percent of
all 1,052 respondents to Rick's column on the topic want the game
played as the season opener
Baseball
Shelby Named First-Team All-Region
Kentucky sophomore John Shelby has been named the first-team
All-South Region second baseman by the American Baseball Coaches
Association.
(6-15-05)
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(6-14-05)
Football
UK recruits insist they're star qualityFUTURE CATS DISPUTE S0-CALLED
EXPERTS' RANKINGS
When mentioning the University
of Kentucky's incoming class of recruits, Kentucky Mr. Football
Curtis Pulley's name always pops up.
(6-13-05)
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(6-12-05)
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Today
(6-11-05)
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Today
(6-10-05)
Football
Miller plans to re-enroll in '06MOTHER SAYS TACKLE WILL BE BACK
IN JANUARY
Offensive lineman Aaron Miller
plans to re-enroll at the University of Kentucky in January and
rejoin the football team for the 2006 season, his mother said
yesterday.
Basketball
Men
Hayes aims to do what he does bestWORK ETHIC OUTWEIGHS 'LOOKS'
The
NBA pre-draft camp in many ways speaks directly to the
superficiality of today's society: It's all about how you look. By
NBA standards, Chuck Hayes doesn't pass the "look" test. At a shade
under 6-foot-7, he's considered small for the type of game he plays.
And while he's powerfully built, he doesn't possess the fluidity or
leaping ability of an elite NBA athlete.
University of Kentucky offensive
lineman Aaron Miller has left the team for personal reasons, UK
Coach Rich Brooks announced yesterday.
Offensive tackle leaves UK's team
Offensive tackle Aaron Miller, who started 10 games as a true
freshman last season, has left the University of Kentucky football
team for personal reasons, coach Rich Brooks announced yesterday
UK football loses Miller
One of Kentucky's most promising freshmen players from last year
will not play football for the Wildcats next season.
Basketball
Men
Morris needs to show consistency
Derrick Hord
is just like you and I, in as much as we are puzzled by the decision
by Morris to “test” the NBA climate, a
fter such a sub par year. "I
haven’t seen him this summer, and what he’s doing to get ready, but
given the way that he played last year, I thought there were only
brief moments which I thought he was ready for the NBA. I think you
have to show that consistency to really be viable in the NBA.:
University of
Kentucky freshman center Randolph Morris said yesterday that he's
leaning toward giving up his final three years of eligibility at UK
and remaining in the upcoming NBA Draft.
Morris says he'll likely go pro
University of Kentucky center Randolph Morris said yesterday that he
is leaning toward staying in the National Basketball Association
draft. "The pros have been my dream for a long, long time, and the
sooner I can get there, the better," he said
Morris hopes to go proUniversity of Kentucky fans better hope that
centers Shagari Alleyne and Lukasz Obrzut have been working hard
since the season ended to improve their games or that incoming
freshman Jared Carter bulks up this summer, because there is a good
chance the Wildcats will need significant contributions from them
next year.
He's Detroit's Prince of all trades
Tayshaun Prince was annoyed. It was a few minutes past 9 on a
hot, muggy August morning on the west coast of Florida, and Prince
was waiting, tapping his foot, looking at his watch, impatient.
Sigh. Strange to see Prince like this because he is well-known among
his Pistons teammates - indeed, with teammates and coaches at every
level - for his stoic demeanor.
(6-08-05)
Basketball
Men
Morris fails to show up at pre-draft campUK CENTER MIGHT HOLD PRIVATE
WORKOUT TODAY
The strange odyssey of Randolph
Morris took another unexpected twist when the Kentucky center was a
no-show at the NBA pre-draft camp yesterday.
Mystery tour takes new turn: Morris a no-show
It is not believed that Randolph Morris has entered the
witness-protection program, but the mystery surrounding his National
Basketball Association draft status reached new heights yesterday
when he failed to show up for the league's predraft camp.
UK's Hayes says he wants 'to let time heal wound'
Former University of Kentucky basketball player Chuck Hayes wants to
continue calling Lexington home, but he admitted yesterday that it's
nice to get away for a few days.
Hayes stands tallA few hundred miles and a weeks removed from an
off-court incident Chuck Hayes has put behind him, the former
University of Kentucky forward was happy to talk about more pleasant
issues such as basketball, his re-sculpted body and his much
questioned height.
Groin injury sidelines Azubuike
A pulled groin muscle prevented former University of Kentucky guard
Kelenna Azubuike from participating in the first day of the NBA
pre-draft camp that started Tuesday evening at the Moody Bible
Institute.
(6-07-05)
Basketball
Men
Randolph Morris Not
in Chicago
Randolph Morris did
not check in at the hotel in Chicago and it is presumed that he has
chosen not to participate.
University of
Kentucky basketball coach Tubby Smith, in Louisville yesterday with
the Big Blue Caravan golf outing, said he isn't disappointed with
how center Randolph Morris handled his entry into the National
Basketball Association draft.
Football
Johnson preparing for end of career
He's not quite ready to say his football career is over, but Dennis
Johnson is preparing for that possibility.
(6-06-05)
Basketball
Men
Morris speaks, says there's chance he'll be back with Cats
University of
Kentucky center Randolph Morris told a newspaper Saturday that he'll
stay in the National Basketball Association draft if he believes
he'll be picked in the first round.
When former
basketball coaching rivals Joe B. Hall (Kentucky) and Denny Crum
(Louisville) first crossed sabers on their daily radio call-in show
in March 2004, skeptics figured it would be like a bad marriage:
full of bickering and doomed to failure.
Scouts watching ex-UK standoutsCalvin Andrews hasn't had to tell former
University of Kentucky forward Chuck Hayes that his performance this
week at the Chicago predraft camp will have a major impact on his
future.
(6-05-05)
Football
Fort Campbell's Johnson says fans are in for surpriseTOP 50 PROSPECT THINKS HIS
BROTHER WILL START AS FRESHMAN IN FALL
The
University of Kentucky missed out on most of the big fish from the
Bluegrass recruiting pond last February. Although the Cats landed
Mr. Football Curtis Pulley, they watched most of the other top
prospects head to either Louisville or out-of-state programs such as
Michigan.
Basketball
Men
June may influence the Cats in MarchMORRIS' NBA FATE IS MOST LIKELY KEY
TO FINAL FOUR HOPES School's out. Summer's
here. Pools are open. Fairways are full. It's the first week of
June. It may be the most important week of Kentucky's 2005-06
basketball season.
Retired coach, yes; a journalist? No wayHall insists he didn't cross
over to media in show with Crum You can
call former Kentucky Coach Joe B. Hall an elder statesman. You can
call him an under-appreciated link between Adolph Rupp and college
basketball's modern era. You can call him a co-host (with former
antagonist Denny Crum of Louisville) of a popular sports radio
call-in show.
(6-04-05)
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(6-03-05)
Basketball
Men
Kyle Macy likes play of Ravi Moss
While Kyle Macy was surprised by the changes he
saw in China, he was not surprised by what he saw from Kentucky
senior Ravi Moss during a recent exhibition basketball tour.
Morris will take skills to NBA campAZUBUIKE AND HAYES TO ATTEND
The NBA expects Randolph Morris and two other Kentucky basketball
products to attend its Chicago Pre-Draft Camp next week. The
four-day camp, which begins Tuesday, is a final gathering of
prospects in one location before the June 28 draft.
Medical tests sank Wildcat Lodge case
A woman's claim that she was drugged and raped by a former
University of Kentucky basketball player began to crumble in the
eyes of police when medical reports failed to substantiate her
story,
File contradicts woman's claimA police file released Thursday indicates that a
woman who claimed she was drugged, then raped, at Wildcat Lodge last
month did not have a date-rape drug in her system, as she had told
police.
(6-02-05)
Football
Dewalt leaves for community collegeFORMER RECEIVER HOPES TO RETURN
TO UK IN 2006 Former University of
Kentucky wide receiver Lonnell Dewalt will enroll at Northeast
Mississippi Community College
this summer with hopes of returning to UK in 2006, Dewalt said
yesterday.
UK football is real comedyEven though this is the time of year when
television networks announce their fall lineups, you might have
missed some new wrinkles to some old shows.
Community college gets ex-Cat Dewalt
Former University of Kentucky football player Lonnell
Dewalt has enrolled at Northeast Mississippi Community College and
plans to play football and basketball there, his father said
yesterday.
(6-01-05)
Football
NLScouting.com: NFL News and Notes '06 Prospect Updates'
Former KENTUCKY linebacker
CHAD ANDERSON (#55), who was at one-time a solid leader and
contributor during his first three years, will opt for the NFL's
Supplemental Draft, as opposed to transferring down to a lower level
of college football...
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