No. 4 Kentucky dominates Campbellsville 74-38

AGREED..POST#48.. But being a UK homer I will say that UNC is the closest thing to big BLUE. Kansas has alot to feel good about, But over the long haul it is UK-UNC,but what wooden did in that time frame will never be repeated,I know we all agree on that,Even If they won with the highest Payroll in college 'NOT BEEN PROVEN THO' but none the less that was a magical run UCLA had.EVEN the ACC AND PUKE golden BOY DICKIE V call the UK program the team of the century,New century has started and we are starting slow..but hey we are KENTUCKY things will stay the same the cats are BAAAACK!! GO BIG BLUE!!!

AGREED..POST#48.. But being a UK homer I will say that UNC is the closest thing to big BLUE. Kansas has alot to feel good about, But over the long haul it is UK-UNC,but what wooden did in that time frame will never be repeated,I know we all agree on that,Even If they won with the highest Payroll in college 'NOT BEEN PROVEN THO' but none the less that was a magical run UCLA had.EVEN the ACC AND PUKE golden BOY DICKIE V call the UK program the team of the century,New century has started and we are starting slow..but hey we are KENTUCKY things will stay the same the cats are BAAAACK!! GO BIG BLUE!!!

CONGRADULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To The
UCLA Bruins
who..............,

Won A Whole Lot and was Real Good,
40 Years Ago

Duke was a Powerhouse in the 50's and then slept til the 90's and right now they are a perennial Sweet 16...good luck with that. UNC was nobody til the 80's. Had some very good squads in the 90's and some decent teams this decade as well but,...niether MJ, Big game James or even Sean May for that matter are coming through that door. your little romps in the hay in March are done (at least a few years) UCLA was nothing before John Wooden & Kareem came along. How can you be the greatest of all time when you won all your shyt in the 70's??? What have you done 4 me lately UCLA? A couple final fours here and there for a few decades? Granted 11 Championships is the mark to beat but damn.., space em out some other than 8 or 9 one decade and then wait 40 or 50 years for another one. UK has been a perennial powerhouse and dominating fools since the 30's.

Going to be fun seeing what the next thing is that Calipari gets in trouble for. He lied many times here in Memphis. So whoever said Kentucky will win several championships... yeah maybe. Then they will all get erased anyway. It's funny to see he;'s already tlaking the exact same stuff he talked here such as the whole "growing pains" thing. He should get some new material. Basically he tries to talk things down in an attempt to lower expectations then he uses his cheaters and lying to get wine for a while until he knows it's about to be publicly known then he leaves. He's just so happened to leave two programs right before scandals were revealed and he was fired from the NBA gig.

UK will win several NCAA's in the near future and Im a Louisville fan..

Here's some stats for you Brian B

Kentucky has been a program 18 years longer than UCLA. (Kentucky started in 1902, UCLA started in 1920)

From 1902-1919, Kentucky played 167 games before UCLA began its program.

Out of those 167 games, Kentucky only won 87 of them. One ended in a tie (due to an error by the scorer table)

Kentucky currently has 1988 wins. UCLA currently has 1672. A 316 win difference. Arguing that Kentucky has been around longer than UCLA is an invalid argument in this case.

Do the math. Even with your stats that accounts for over half the lead over UCLA in the ( games won ) catagory. Unfortunatly the NCAA only cares about ONE GAME. The LAST ONE each YEAR!!! Which I'm sorry to inform you, but even with your 17 year head start, UCLA has won more of. They dont sell shirts with WINNINGEST PROGRAM in NCAA HISTORY on them each year in March but they do sell shirts that say NATIONAL CHAMPS.......

All you UNC Haterz & Trash-talkers listen up. Especially ALL you UK fans who some how think UK's a better program! (Bla Bla Bla).I'm one of those fans and I say they are a BETTER PROGRAM this year. Like I said earlier. UK has the history no question. I respect the program and remember finding myself on the loosing end of the NCAA tourny and pulling for UK years ago. I remember what its like to be where you are/where ! Anybody remember Old Matt Dourghty? Yea, SUCKY years. Then we got hope in Old Roy. What did we do? BETTER but not what we all hoped. It took a year or two. If UK pulls a rabbit out of there hat this year then good for them but I would hate see ALL you UK fans ready to linch your new Head Coach because he didnt deliver what YA"LL claim is coming. Now you have HOPE and the rest of the country should hope it works out for you but A Mirical you do not have. Welcome back to the Tournament but bet everybody? National Champs? I for one think NOT ! ! !

Yes, UK has been around longer than UCLA but in the early years of basketball, teams played 10 games or less each season. So that's not an excuse either. That couldn't possibly account for the 316 wins difference between Kentucky and UCLA. Also, greatness is not measured ONLY by the championships you've won. It's a combination of feats.

Ok first of all, stop talking like Kentucky is the best program of all time, that's easily UCLA...and don't even bring up the more wins things...because Kentucky had a program for 17 extra years over UCLA. That being said, relying on freshman is never the right move for a team...ask Ohio State last year...they had the number one recruit too. This is a down recruiting year anyway...Wall is no derrick rose

Ok heres the skinny. Anybody ever hear the fraze ( keep it simple stupid )? Its not Walls fault or Uk's or Coach Cals, the schools, players, exc!! If there wasnt this stupid rule making a prospect go to college, this whole debate would'nt even exist. Protecting the players interest is there claim but there is a much simpler way to do that. How much does a 1st or 2nd rd draft pick make in the first two years of there contract? I'm sure its enough to establish a manditory college trust for draftees straight out of High School ( kinda like payrole deductions ) ! Even with that there still making 6 figures (Not Bad). This would cover the cost of college in the event there NBA career goes belly up. A simple rule like this would benifit the pros and college. NBA gets the High Profile Players they want and Colleges get to have dedicated players to there program. NO MORE 1 and DONES!!! Not to mention the load of BS rules the NCAA gould do away with due to the direct link to this rule. Thus lightning there own work load. Alot less people would cheat to get in to college just for 1 year or flirt with the existing rules governing there amater status when they could just go pro. It would not matter if a prospect was courted by the pros because that option would be open again.The bottom line is this is The Land of the Free where the land scape is dominated by rules that one needs a college degree to even understand. With that in mind, remember; the NCAA officials are paid to do the same as our gov officials. TAKE SOMETHING SIMPLE AND COMPLICATE IT !!! Try to enjoy the game ! ! !

All you UK Haterz & Trash-talkers listen up. Especially ALL you UNC fans who somehow think that UNC's a better program. You all can sit around and look at game results from 6 years ago and talk zone defenses all day if you want but, Ive got news 4 you. IT ALL ENDS NOW! Just quietly dismiss any and all aspirations of cutting any championship nets down anytime in the near future. Its done. And that goes for Duke, UCONN, Kansas, that clown Rick Pitino at Louisville,,,and whoever else crosses our path. The bottom line is this... The University of Kentucky is the most storied team in NCAA History and now at long last we will continue to add to our greatness. WE ARE the Greatest College Basketball Tradition...WE ARE the NCAA's All-Time WINNINGEST Program...7 National Titles; 43 SEC Titles; 25 SEC Tourney Tiltles;13 NCAA Final fours; 49 NCAA Tourney Appearances. AND COUNTING! You wanna talk stats??? Theres some stats 4 you. We dont have to talk about them.., they talk for themselves. Its a NEW era in Lexington GO BIG BLUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm sorry but stats only teach you the history of an established team. How again does advertising Morehead St tourny record help UK's case? First Rd looser is nothing more than LAST place. As for UK's record against UNC, why even post that? That was a differant team and era hopefully for UK. But that REMAINS to be seen and a win or lose to UNC will not determain if UK has turned the page yet. That will be covered in March and follow on years. Of course UNC will be the first team to bet-up on the new Media proclaimed KING of Mens Basketball; Kentucky

ICE..post#21...You don't even know what the enitial violation was for. It was for recieving shoes,uniforms,transportation and lodgeing while on the road with the AAU team during the season. That is what this is all about. Every kid on that team violated the rules including Kelly. The Vanderbilt trip was an unofficial visit of course his family paid for it just has John walls family did on 4 of the 5 unofficial trips.So the NCAA if they really care about following the rules and checking up on all the expenses incured by all the players on that team needs to look at the Augast 2007 trip that Kelly took to MSU. but that will not happen because that will put more light on the sparkeling coach K and the never seen a rule we can't scoot around Puke. POST....#33... Are you kidding me you only say that the Maggette and wall cases are the same because PUKE still hase not payed the ultimate price, A vacated FINAL FOUR which is exactly what should happen but every one one this blog and any other for that matter knows that will never happen. But I will give you some credit you are the first dookie to admit an violation. Even if you think PUKE and CHIOR BOY Coach K have sufford enough for it LMFAO on that one....Michigan vacated..Memphis vacated....PUKE suffored enough. Has in the words of JOHN MCENROE..." YOU CAN NOT BE SERIOUS"....LMAO. But this is what every other fan on here can look forward to in the future,The NCAA being the NCAA and PUKE being PUKE!!!!!!

to #13.... Opener against Morehead State... thats where I grew up and went to college... as a matter of fact they played U of L last year in the tourney and was actually a really good game. They are picked to finish 1st in the OVC and make the tourney again this year.

Not a bad opener if you as me.

Duke opens against UNC Greensboro who has to the tourney 2 times and the last tourney appearance was in 2001
UNC opens against Florida International who has only been to the tourney one time in 1995

Morehead State Tournament Record:
2009 1-1 Defeated Alabama State in opening round, 58-43
Lost to Louisville in first round, 74-54

1984 1-1 Defeated North Carolina A&T in opening round, 70-69
Lost to Louisville in first round, 72-59

1983 0-1 Lost to Syracuse in first round, 74-59

1961 1-2 Defeated Xavier in second round, 71-66
Lost to Kentucky in regional semifinal, 71-64
Lost to Louisville in third place game, 83-61

1957 0-1 Lost to Pittsburgh in second round, 86-85

1956 2-1 Defeated Marshall in second round, 107-92
Lost to Iowa in regional semifinal, 97-83
Defeated Wayne State MICH in third place game, 95-84

Kentucky can't shoot 3-pointers. The Wildcats better get ready for the zone defenses. Who were the big rebounders in last nights exhiition.

UK till you beat the champs you are what you are...not even a field of 64 team. you guys beat an exhibition team for crying outloud.

Just hope calipari doesnt bring his history of violations to the school or history might repeat itself....wait seems like it already has....

Lets look at the last oh 6 years.....
2008 - UNC 77 - Kentucky 58
2007 - UNC 86 - UK 77
2006 - UNC 77 - UK 58
2005 - UNC 75 - UK 53
2004 UNC 83- UK 79
2003 UNC 91- UK 78

Damn, put #33 in the wrong thread, sorry. Meant it for the Wall Cleared to Play area. This internetty thingy, with multiple windows, confuses us old farts sometimes. Sorry.

(Disclaimer - I'm an OLD Dookie!) Getting past all the garbage and "look-at-me aren't I cool hate talk", there are a lot of similarities and differences in the Wall case with UK and Maggette with Duke. I don't think in either case that the school or coaching staff knew a thing. That's where I kind of have a problem with some NCAA rules in general. What do we require a school to do? A complete background check on all recruits - do they have to hire private investigators to dig into the entire life of a recruit since puberty (or in some cases, maybe even before)?

If the school doesn't know (and just didn't turn their head away) I don't think they should be penalized. If this came out two years down the road, should UK have to forfeit all their games this year? NO! They didn't know. And given that Wall would probably be long gone to the NBA, what purpose would it serve? So there are similarities between Wall/UK and Maggette/Duke. But like it or not, that seems to be the rules. So by those rules, there certainly are valid arguments that Duke should forfeit all Maggette games even if they didn't know.

But there are also big differences. I haven't seen anything that indicated that Wall HIMSELF had a clue about the situation. Assuming he didn't (and didn't just turn his head away), why penalize HIM? Of course that's assuming he didn't have a clue. That's VERY different from Maggette. It seems that Maggette knew EXACTLY what he was doing and that it was wrong. He definitely should have been penalized...unfortunately, before it came to light, he was long gone. What penalty could the NCAA impose on him? If he was still with DUKE, it would have been right to throw him out. Because he KNEW. But if Wall didn't know, what's the point of the penalty?

I think I now know why Maggette took the jump to the NBA when he did. It didn't make any sense at the time. Brand - without a doubt should have jumped like he did. But Maggette?? He was good, but not THAT good. Didn't make any sense (and was a big surprise to all) that he jumped.....except that now we KNOW that he realized he was just a "loose lip" away from banishment. If that would happen at the start of the year, he sits out the entire season, and likely wouldn't get drafted. So jump while the jumping's good. Before the stuff hits the fan. In a way, Duke WAS penalized. Sunk good time and training into him, then lost him. No different that if he would have stayed and the garbage came out and he was kicked out of college basketball.

But if the program truly doesn't know (I think applies to both UK and Duke), why penalize the program?? Makes no sense. If the player truly doesn't know (maybe applies to Wall but certainly doesn't apply to Maggette), why penalize the player (and the program)? Makes no sense. But that's the NCAA for you.

I am a die hard cats fan, and my alma mater Georgetown College plays in the same conference as Campbellsville College... Ask U of L how Gtown treated them... Down at the half and with 12 to go... Also ask them about how it went for them last year when they won by single digits!!! Fact is, it was the first game under a new coach with all new players... You Duke guys and UNC guys can do all you want to tarnish whatever it is Wall, Cal, or UK accomplshes, but fact is, it makes no difference.. We got Wall from Duke, and without Gillispie at the helm, UNC wont reach 2000 quicker than us... I am not going to say we are better than either of you, and UNC must come to Rupp so we can find out.. All I know, is that whatever you say, you will have your shot to backup, because you can bet UK will be making strides to be where they need to be come March of every year to come.. If I were you all, I would just pray the NCAA doesnt open the books on you, because your John Wall may have to miss the Campbellsville game next year.... New argument please

Scott be patient! When most of the posters grow up, they will learn the FINE art of trash talking. Right now, "fill-in-team-player-coach SUCKS" is about as inventive as they can get. Give them time, it's a learning experience for them. At least they're trying. And at times VERY trying.

YES it is !!!!!!! And dont you worry. I'll be there, perched on the edge of my seat like troll straining to take a crap. ( yea, with the cringe on my face too ). But back to the subject. I would be alot more worried to meet UK later in the season so I'll keep my eyes open in March.( See ya there Dookie )

Post 27; Very well put. I should have went with the classy approch but I have to much s#!t talker in me. UK will be a continder this year I just find it hard to accept the hype rite out of the gate. 1st year there back 2nd year title hopes. Atleast it CANT be worse than last year for UK fans.