May 2002 WildcatZone.Com News Archive (5-31-02)      Basketball Sears moves to tiny Union     On a look-see visit to Barbourville two weeks ago, the reality of a transfer from mighty Kentucky to tiny Union College hit Cory Sears in the stomach. Dunbar hires UK women's assistant    After spending 12 of the past 14 years as second in command, Kentucky women's basketball assistant coach Rick Griffith has decided to take control of his own program (5-30-02)      Basketball Column- Earl Cox On Sports    A University of Kentucky supporter asked me last week: "What has happened to UK? We used to be the big dog, got what we asked for from the General Assembly. It didn't make any difference who was governor - he or she was as Blue as could be Former UK walk-on Sears headed to Union    Former Kentucky basketball player Cory Sears plans to announce his transfer to Union College today. Jay Stancil, the sports information director at Union, called an 11 a.m. news conference today for Sears' announcement. Griffith Resigns at UK    Rick Griffith, assistant women's basketball coach at the University of Kentucky, has resigned at UK and accepted the position as head coach of the girls' basketball team at Paul Dunbar High School in Lexington.      Football Walking On At Kentucky    (5-29-02) Green: color of money, slime    Color his tenure the color of money. As retiring commissioner Roy Kramer conducts his final spring meetings this week in Destin, Fla., the Southeastern Conference has never been so green. Since he became commissioner in 1990, league revenue has skyrocketed from $16.3 million to nearly $80 million.      Basketball Chiles may opt for junior college    After a season spent primarily sitting on the bench, former University of Kentucky basketball player Adam Chiles apparently doesn't want to spend a year sitting out as a transfer so he is leaning toward transferring to a junior college, according to his mother. (5-28-02)      Volleyball McCaslin Named to SEC Good Works At-Large Team    Liz McCaslin, a junior on the University of Kentucky volleyball team, has been named to the Southeastern Conference Good Works At-Large team, it was announced by the conference office last week. The at-large team represents 17 SEC sponsored sports as well as men's soccer and lacrosse. The Good Works Team looks to highlight an athlete from each school who gives back to their community in superior service efforts (5-27-02)      Basketball Character defines newest recruits    When making his recruiting pitch this past year, Kentucky Coach Tubby Smith no doubt covered the usual topics. Opportunity to play. Chance to compete for a national championship. Wide exposure. Grooming for an NBA career. Tradition. Fan support. And, throwing a bone to parents, academic tutoring.      Football Gayton chooses job security over CFL career    For many college football players, letting go of their playing careers often turns out to be tougher than tackling that 250-pound fullback or outrunning that defensive back with 4.3 speed. (5-23-02)      Volleyball ATTENTION VOLLEYBALL ALUMNI !!    We are currently looking for former Kentucky volleyball players for a reunion this October. If you were a letterwinner at Kentucky or know how to contact a former Wildcat, please contact us. (5-22-02)      Basketball Ex-Wildcat Carruth says he'll play for Oklahoma    Former Kentucky guard Rashaad Carruth intends to transfer to Oklahoma. He made those plans known after visiting Norman, Okla., last weekend and playing pickup games with OU players. Boomer Sooner for Carruth    Former University of Kentucky player Rashaad Carruth told an Oklahoma City newspaper that he will transfer to the University of Oklahoma. Former 'Cat Carruth headed to Oklahoma    Former University of Kentucky guard Rashaad Carruth plans to transfer to Oklahoma. UK plucks recruit from Tobacco Road    It is akin to a high school basketball player from Lexington, Ky., choosing to attend Duke, but Durham, N.C., native Bobby Perry says he doesn't mind the pressure he will face in his hometown next season after committing on Monday to play his college basketball for the University of Kentucky, one of Duke's top non-conference rivals. (5-21-02) Tickets or no, UK AD job plum    We've heard the whispers. The protracted search for a new UK athletics director, the whisperers say, is because school President Lee Todd has removed too many perks from the AD's job to attract a top candidate.      Basketball Top-50 recruit picks UK    University of Kentucky basketball coach Tubby Smith has just barely put the finishing touches on his 2002 recruiting class, but he's already landed the first recruit for his 2003 class. Cats get commitment from Prince-like forward    Top 50 prospect Bobby Perry's versatility reminds recruiting analysts of former Kentucky All-American Tayshaun Prince. UK can now hope that Perry's play compares to Prince's, too. Perry commits to UK    Bobby Perry heard the rumors about Tubby Smith possibly leaving Kentucky to coach in the National Basketball Association. UK gets 1st recruit from class of 2003    The University of Kentucky men's basketball team received its first commitment from the high school class of 2003 Sunday night. Bobby Perry, a 6-foot-7 forward from Durham (N.C.) Hillside High School, informed coach Tubby Smith of his decision after visiting UK over the weekend. Perry said he called Smith when he returned to Durham and told him he wanted to be a Wildcat. Kentucky Guard Plans to Transfer    Rashaad Carruth plans to transfer from Kentucky to Oklahoma to play basketball. (5-20-02)      Baseball Bat Cats Place Six on SEC Baseball Academic Honor Roll    A total of six current and former University of Kentucky baseball players were named to the 2002 Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll the league office announced on Monday, May 20. (5-19-02)      Basketball Cameron Mills will stress right way to play during camp here in June    Cameron Mills isn't sure how much the youngsters who will be attending his fourth annual basketball camp will know about the turmoil inside the University of Kentucky basketball team last season.      Baseball Blanton Sets Single-Season Strikeout Record in 5-4 Setback to No. 11 Florida    Junior right-hander Joseph Blanton went 9.2 innings for the Cats before taking the loss on Senior Day and closing out the 2002 season as UK's single-season strikeout leader with 133. (5-18-02)      Baseball Bat Cats Lose Both Games of Doubleheader to No. 11 Florida    In the last Southeastern Conference series of the 2002 season, The University of Kentucky baseball team fell to the Florida Gators in both games of a doubleheader at Cliff Hagan Stadium (5-17-02)      Baseball Bat Cats and Florida Washed Out    The Southeastern Conference baseball game between the University of Kentucky and the University of Florida at Cliff Hagan Stadium was cancelled Friday night due to heavy rain in the Bluegrass.      Football Kentucky Football Notebook    Former UK running back Anthony White has been activated by the Berlin Thunder of NFL Europe ... Patrick Wiggins has been named an All-America Athlete National Strength and Conditioning Association ... Anthony Kelly Receives SEC Community Service Post-Graduate Scholarship. (5-16-02)      Baseball Bat Cats Play Host to No. 11 Florida to Finish 2002 Season    Friday and Sunday games to be televised live by the Sunshine Network (5-15-02) UK hires consultant to lead AD search    The University of Kentucky has signed a contract with a national sports search firm led by the former athletics director at the University of Houston and the University of Florida. UK hires firm for AD search    The University of Kentucky on Tuesday hired a national search firm to serve as a consultant in the search for a new athletics director.      Basketball NCAA is 'moo-ving' to synthetic basketballs    The leather basketballs used in NCAA tournaments have been benched permanently. The organization said next season it will switch to balls made of synthetic materials. The decision comes after animal-rights activists complained about the use of leather.       Football Derrick Johnson likes his position with Bengals    Any doubts Derrick Johnson might have had about whether he legitimately belonged in a National Football League training camp ended at the recent Cincinnati Bengals' minicamp. (5-14-02) Kentucky Selects Search Firm for Athletics Director    University of Kentucky President Lee T. Todd Jr. announced today that the university has signed a contract with a national search firm, Carr Sports Associates, Inc., to serve as a consultant in the search for a new UK athletics director        Baseball Bat Cats Fall 9-6 at Western Kentucky    The University of Kentucky baseball team fell, 9-6, to Western Kentucky in non-conference action at WKU's Nick Denes Field Tuesday night. With the loss, the Wildcats fall to 17-33 on the season, while the Hilltoppers improve their record to 34-16        Football UK adds transfer Mills from Florida    Former University of Florida offensive guard Bennie Mills figures he has found a home on defense at the University of Kentucky. The UK football program announced yesterday that it has added the 6-foot-3 280-pounder to its roster as a transfer. Florida player transfers to UK    Bennie Mills, a 6-foot-3, 280-pound defensive lineman from Slidell, La., has transferred to the University of Kentucky from Florida. (5-13-02)        Football Mills Fills DT Bill    Bennie Mills, a 6-3, 280-pound defensive lineman from Slidell, La., has been accepted as a transfer student at the University of Kentucky. Mills transferred to UK from the University of Florida.        Baseball Battle of the Bluegrass Cancelled Due to Inclement Weather    For the second time this season, the baseball game between the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville has been cancelled due to inclement weather conditions in the Bluegrass Vandy repays Cats with 17-4 rout    A day after Kentucky beat Vanderbilt 19-7, the Commodores returned the favor yesterday with a 17-4 victory in Nashville over the Wildcats sparked by a grand slam by Karl Nonemaker. (5-12-02) AD search a chance for fresh start    Finally, the search is on. Two months after Larry Ivy was shown the door, UK president Lee Todd may finally be growing serious about the search for a new athletics director. Within the last two weeks, Todd has formed a selection committee and discussed hiring an outside search firm.       Football   Yeast has to beat odds again    Not quite a month ago the New York Jets re-signed Craig Yeast, apparently happy with the job he did as a kick returner and backup receiver last year        Basketball Anderson games showcase seniors    Derek Anderson's basketball season has been over for a couple of weeks, but that doesn't mean he isn't still around the hardwood. Yesterday was a perfect example.        Baseball Vanderbilt Takes Baseball Series Finale; UK Plays Host to Louisville on Monday    Vanderbilt hit a pair of three-run homers and a grand slam to win the series finale with Kentucky, 17-4, Sunday afternoon in Nashville; Wildcats return to action Monday at 6 p.m. at home vs. Louisville 12-run 1st carries Bat Cats    The Kentucky baseball team exploded for 12 runs in the first inning and went on to a 19-7 victory over Vanderbilt last night at Hawkins Field in Nashville. (5-11-02)        Baseball Kentucky Wins Baseball Slugfest, 19-7    The Kentucky baseball team exploded for 12 runs in the first inning and went on to a 19-7 victory over Vanderbilt on Saturday night at Hawkins Field in Nashville, Tenn. (5-10-02)        Basketball UK's problems run deeper than player exits    The first move in the overhaul of the University of Kentucky basketball program came late last week when Tubby Smith sent three players packing.  All three - Cory Sears, Adam Chiles and Rashaad Carruth - spent time in Smith's doghouse last season as Kentucky, with Final Four aspirations, needed a late-season push to salvage a mediocre year. Helm gets USA Basketball tryout    University of Kentucky women's basketball center SeSe Helm was selected to try out for the 2002 USA Basketball World Championship For Young Women Qualifying Team.        Baseball Vanderbilt Defeats Kentucky, 3-1    Pitcher Jeff Little of Vanderbilt out-dueled Kentucky's Cory Hahn as the Commodores defeated the Wildcats, 3-1, Friday night at Hawkins Field in Nashville, Tenn. Bat Cats at Vanderbilt    Where: Hawkins Field, Nashville Game times: 8 tonight; 8 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m.-Sunday The series: Kentucky leads 107-91-3 Last meeting: Kentucky beat Vanderbilt two out of three last year in Lexington. (5-09-02)        Basketball Carruth needed time to mature    Rashaad, we hardly knew ya. One day you are proclaimed Kentucky basketball's missing link, a fun-and-gun shooter with a lethal outside touch. The next day, you are out the door, your sights set on finding that elusive green light. UK's Helm to try out for U.S. team    University of Kentucky center SeSe Helm is among 36 of the nation's top women's players age 20 and under selected to try out for the qualifying team for the World Championships. The USA Basketball Women's Collegiate Committee will announce the finalists for the U.S. squad after trials May 17-19 in Colorado Springs, Colo.        Football UK lands defensive end from Georgia    Travis Day, a defensive end from Columbus, Ga., has signed to play football at the University of Kentucky, the school announced yesterday. The 6-foot-3, 245-pound Day was an all-region and all-city selection as a senior at Carver High School. A three-year starter, he had 404 career tackles, including 15 sacks. Defensive end signs with UK football team    Travis Day, a 6-foot-3, 245-pound defensive end from Columbus, Ga., has signed to play football at Kentucky, the school said Wednesday.        Baseball Bat Cats Travel to Music City for Final SEC Road Trip    Riding the crest of a two-game Southeastern Conference winning streak into Nashville, the University of Kentucky baseball team is ready for a pivotal league series with SEC Eastern Division rival Vanderbilt (5-08-02)        Basketball DELRAY BROOKS TRIES TO FIND WAY BACK TO THE SIDELINE    You drive east from Lexington on I-64. Take the Grayson exit in Carter County. About 100 yards off the interstate you'll see a hardware store along fast-food row. Kentucky's Helm Among Nation's Top 20-And-Unders To Try Out For USA Team    SeSe Helm is among the nation's top 20-and-unders to try out for the 2002 USA Basketball World Championship For Young Women Qualifying Team This rivalry friendly no more • Carruth eyeing Memphis, his ex-AAU coach says    Rick Pitino was expecting one emotional, gut-wrenching in-state rivalry game per season when he signed on as University of Louisville basketball coach.        Football Unhappy Gator tackle making switch to UK    It looks as if the University of Kentucky is about to land a player by dipping into the pool of one of the nation's most successful football programs. New Day at Kentucky    Defensive End Travis Day Signs With Wildcats (5-07-02)        Basketball With Magloire back, Hornets have a chance    Jamal Mashburn will not play in Game 2 of the Hornets-Nets series. Jamaal Magloire will, and another big body could make a big difference for Charlotte. SPORTS BRIEFS    Former Kentucky guard Rashaad Carruth is ''leaning toward Memphis'' as his next basketball team, the player's AAU coach said yesterday. The AAU coach, Linzy Davis, said Carruth had seriously considered Memphis before signing with Kentucky. Smith's silence unfair    Tubby Smith made it clear when his team's tumultuous 2001-2002 basketball season ended that there would be changes made in the program at the University of Kentucky.        Baseball Bat Cats Squander 15 Runners in 3-1 11-inning Setback to Morehead State    The University of Kentucky baseball team faced its longest outing of the season Tuesday night as it fell 3-1 in 11 innings to the Eagles of Morehead State at Cliff Hagan Stadium. (5-06-02)        Baseball Corrado Named SEC Pitcher of the Week; Bat Cats Play Host to Morehead State    One day after pitching his first career complete-game shutout in a 1-0 decision over Arkansas, University of Kentucky junior right-handed pitcher Rob Corrado was named the Southeastern Conference Pitcher of the Week the league announced today. Corrado Throws First Career Complete Game Shutout to Give UK a 1-0 Victory at Arkansas    Behind Rob Corrado's first career complete game shutout, the University of Kentucky baseball team defeated Arkansas, 1-0, in front of 1,622 fans at UA's Baum Stadium Sunday afternoon Kentucky 1, Arkansas 0    Rob Corrado pitched a complete-game, two-hit shutout Sunday to lead Kentucky to a 1-0 victory over Arkansas        Football NFL sackman now is businessman    Art Still can empathize with players on the University of Kentucky football team. The Wildcats are prohibited from going to a bowl game this season because of NCAA probation. The last time UK faced a bowl ban was Still's senior season, 25 years ago (5-05-02)        Basketball Smith releases trio; Keith Bogans will be back    The seemingly never-ending personnel turmoil for the University of Kentucky basketball team continues. High school-to-NBA leap still has drawbacks    New NCAA legislation allows a high school star to enter the NBA Draft, then play college basketball if he does not like where he was selected. UK blurring code of 'commitment'    A two-minute tour of Kentucky sports one day after "the greatest two minutes in sports." If you, college sports fan, ever wonder why you seem to love college athletics more than many of the players involved, look at the just-concluded University of Kentucky basketball season.        Baseball Gotta love five Saturday in the Bluegrass!    Hours before Victor Espinoza rode No. 5 War Emblem to an unexpected wire-to-wire victory in the Kentucky Derby, Coach Keith Madison explained to his players that the key number of the day was five. War Emblem responded for Espinoza, and the Bat Cats responded for Madison, giving their skipper a 5-2 win at Arkansas Baseball team ends slump, 5-2    The Kentucky Wildcats baseball team snapped a 12-game losing streak yesterday, beating host Arkansas 5-2. The Wildcats got to Arkansas starter Jonathan Richardson early. Spencer Graeter hit a leadoff double, and Caleb Stewart reached on a throwing error by shortstop Scott Hode.       Football Numbers a problem for Cats    Numbers are going to be a problem for the University of Kentucky football team next season. (5-04-02)        Basketball UK roster 2002-2003    Kelenna Azubuike 6-4 G Fr. Tulsa, Okla. Antwain Barbour 6-5 F Jr. Elizabethtown Keith Bogans 6-5 G Sr. Alexandria, Va. Jules Camara 6-11 C-F Sr. Dakar, Senegal Wildcats undergo major changes    With yesterday's announcement of a roster shakeup, Kentucky Coach Tubby Smith made good on his promise of changes this off-season. Cats lose 3, keep Bogans    University of Kentucky men's basketball coach Tubby Smith spoke of making changes after the Wildcats' tumultuous season. Yesterday he made good on his promise. Guards Adam Chiles, Rashaad Carruth and walk-on Cory Sears were given their releases to transfer. Carruth, Chiles leave UK    The much-anticipated roster shakeup on the University of Kentucky basketball team finally happened Friday, with two scholarship players and a walk-on being granted their releases to transfer. Three out at UK; Bogans will return    Keith Bogans will return to the University of Kentucky next season to play out his senior season. UHA's Moss thrilled to join UK as walk-on    Remember Greg Buckner, the University Heights Academy basketball star who slipped under the recruiters' radar a few years ago and wound up starring at Clemson and is now playing for the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA? Dizziness keeping Mashburn on sidelines    Hornets forward Jamal Mashburn is not expected to play in Game 1 of Charlotte's second-round playoff series against the New Jersey Nets because of lingering effects from a virus and vitamin deficiency.        Baseball Bat Cats strand 11, lose 5-1 to Arkansas    Arkansas held Kentucky to just six hits in a 5-1 Razorbacks victory yesterday in a Southeastern Conference matchup at Fayetteville, Ark. (5-03-02)        Basketball Three Leave Wildcats; Smith Adds Walk-On; Bogans Returns    University of Kentucky men's basketball coach Tubby Smith announced Friday that Rashaad Carruth, Adam Chiles and Cory Sears have been granted their releases to transfer. Smith also announced that Ravi Moss, an All-State guard from University Heights Academy in Hopkinsville, will walk on to the team next season and that three-year starter Keith Bogans will return for his senior season at UK. Prince's decision about to pay off    If four years of college taught Tayshaun Prince anything, he has learned you have to know who to trust.        Baseball Bat Cats Strand 11 Runners, Fall 5-1 to Arkansas at UA's Baum Stadium    Six different Wildcats collected hits but 11 stranded runners proved to be the difference as the University of Kentucky baseball team fell to Arkansas, 5-1, in the Southeastern Conference series-opener at Baum Stadium Friday night. Kentucky at Arkansas    Where: Baum Stadium at George Cole Field, Fayetteville, Ark. Game times: 7:30 p.m. today; 7:30 p.m. Saturday; noon Sunday The series: Arkansas leads 17-11        Football Next Week in Kentucky Football    Players Complete Exams; Coaches in Recruiting Period SPORTS BRIEFS    Three new bowl games were certified yesterday by the NCAA, bringing the number of Division I post-season football games to 28. The decision to add the games came one week after the end of a two-year moratorium limiting the number of bowl games to 26. (5-02-02)        Basketball Ohio U. is UK's likely Firstar opponent    It appears as if Ohio University will be the University of Kentucky's opponent this coming basketball season for the Wildcats' annual game at Cincinnati's Firstar Center. (5-01-02) Todd creates advisory group for AD search    Some former University of Kentucky sports stars and others will help President Lee Todd find the school's next athletics director. The committee    UK President Lee Todd appointed the following people to advise him on hiring the next athletics director: Mira Ball: Former chairwoman of the Lexington Chamber of Commerce, owner of Ball Homes Todd appoints 7-member advisory panel for AD search    University of Kentucky President Lee Todd announced Tuesday the creation of a seven-member advisory group to help him during the school's search for a new athletics director.        Baseball Bat Cats and Bearcats Washed Out    The baseball game between the University of Kentucky (14-28) and the University of Cincinnati (20-22-1) was called after the second inning of play Wednesday night due to inclement weather in the Bluegrass.       Our Privacy statement can be read here...   Disclaimer:  This site solely owned by WildcatZone.Com and is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by the University of Kentucky, the Southeastern Conference, or the NCAA copyright (c) 1997-2006, WildcatZone.Com (except where otherwise indicated)