Fire Billy? Nahhh
If Matt says it so, then it is so. DeAndre is from the Windy City, and is part of the class of 2008. A Sea of Blue already drooled over DeAndre earlier.
DeAndre was at the Father-Son Basketball Camp this past weekend, which probably helped seal the deal. You can see some pics and some pickup game videos on this guy’s site. (Thanks to KSR for the link.)
Patterson is coming to UK!
The Magic 8-Ball says, all signs point to Kentucky.
UPDATE: The video is streaming live from WSAZ if you want to watch. Click here.
Jai Lucas has (FINALLY!) made his decision and he is headed to Florida. Not a huge shocker here since it was always UK or Florida. Beas Hamga has also pulled the trigger and he is headed out West, sucker. (He wants to be a cowboy, baby.) To be honest, I was a little surprised by this decision.
Unfortunately, that doesn’t leave BCG with too many options for next year. The big name left for next year is of course, Patrick Patterson. Well, there is also Michael Sanchez I suppose. Coach Gillispie had been trying to get him for next year instead of going to prep school. Now it’s time to wait and see what Patterson decides.
Jai Lucas - Will announce his decision on Monday at 2:30. It’s about friggin’ time.
Patrick Patterson - Will announce his decision on Wednesday at 3:45. Dido.
Rivals.com - Yahoo! is rumored to be interested in buying the site for $100 million. WHAT? Million? As in sharks with frickin’ laser beams type money? Amazing.
Billy Clyde has hired….a driver. Chris Walker.
“Here’s what I know of Chris: He’ll help us win,” said Gillispie, who was hired at Kentucky after three seasons at A&M.
Walker drove Gillispie and UK assistant Jeremy Cox to Huntington, W.V., for the high school’s banquet Monday night. Gillispie was the guest speaker, the paper reporter.
Jerry Tipton proved that he still has some tricks up his sleeve and doesn’t need message boards or “the Google” by out-scooping all the young whippersnappers and reporting the Tyler Zeller will be visiting campus today. Matt Jones not to be outdone immediately gets on the phone and has an interview with the kid only hours later. Amazing. In the interview Tyler says that “After I had a good tournament down in Texas, Coach Gillispie called me up and offered me a scholarship.”
One thing that cracks me up is how Jerry Tipton always gets the interview with the recruits parents. Makes you wonder if the kid answered the phone would he say, “Hello Tyler, this is Jerry Tipton with the Lexington Hearld-Leader. Is your mom or dad around?”. You know that’s had to have happened at least once.
I wonder what Jerry Tipton thinks about Matt and Kentucky Sports Radio or The Cat’s Pause for that matter. I bet I could guess.
By the way, the auction I mentioned in the last post closed for $81. If that didn’t interest you, how about a nice coffee table sized section.
Kevin Bacon trivia question of the day: Who was the athletic director that gave Billy Clyde his first head coaching job?
Answer: Hal Mumme. Yes, THAT Hal Mumme.
When Copperas Cove had an opening for a head coach, that school’s athletics director, Hal Mumme hired Gillispie. “My ex-wife was such a good drill-team coach, they didn’t want to lose her, so they had to hire me,” Gillispie jokes. “That’s why Hal made me a head coach.”
Forget small world, this is downright claustrophobic! Even without that gem, it’s a must read article on Billy Clyde and his basketball obsession.
Tipton spills the beans: Alex Legion has signed with the Wildcats. Aaron is collecting the stories as they come in.
Update 1:17 PM EDT:
Brett Dawson blogs some details about Legion’s scholarship papers signing. Evidently Legion cannot sign another National Letter of Intent since he was released from Michigan’s this spring.
Congratulations to former Wildcat Chuck Hayes on becoming a new father. Dorian Titus Hayes was born on Saturday before the Rockets played the Utah Jazz in Hayes’ first playoff game.
Word is that Billy Clyde has already sent Chuck a text message and went ahead and sent over a Letter of Intent for little Dorian Titus to put his footprint on as the first signee for the class of 2025.
Hat tip: The Wildcat Blog
Had to pass this along.
Mike Huguenin at Sun-Sentinel.com
One of Billy Gillispie’s new assistants at Kentucky is Glenn Cyprien, who was an assistant to Stan Heath at Arkansas last season. Coincidentally, one of Cyprien’s wife’s best friends is Debbie Lucas — the mother of perhaps the nation’s best unsigned point guard, Jai Lucas of Houston.
Coach Gillispie couldn’t possibly be that crafty could he. Hiring a guy who is known as one of the most tenacious recruiters around. Hiring a guy who’s wife is best friends with a prized recruits mom? You daaaammmnn right. See here.