#11 KENTUCKY FACING CARDS AT 6 P.M.
The Cards enter the contest at 32-10. UofL bested Syracuse in a three game series 2-1. Louisville recently gained control of second place in the ACC with a 13-5 record.
Kentucky (39-11) enters after a 1-2 series against #4 Alabama. The Cats are third in the SEC with a 14-7 conference mark.
Louisville won the last outing between the two...knocking down UK 8-0 in Ulmer Stadium. The all-time record favors the Cats 19-17.
Old foe Kelsey Nunley (18-5) and Megan Prince (17-4) share the pitching duties for Kentucky. At the plate, Sylver Samuel is batting .370 with 19 stolen bases and Abbey Cheek hits for .329 and leads the Cats with nine home runs and 48 RBI's.
Fun times at the ball park tonight (rain, rain...GO AWAY !) when the Cats and Cards step in the circle for softball!
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MEANWHILE...IN LEXINGTON...
He will probably announce that he's hired Kyra Elzy, who Tennessee recently dismissed, as an associate coach. How much further he goes is anyone's guess.
With five transfer announcements, one dismissal, two de-commits and three coaching changes in the last six months...one would assume he might also want to discuss the state of the program.
Cardinal Couple will be sending Bill The Goat to cover the presser and (probably) disrupt the proceedings.
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CONGRATS TO ANGEL!!
She joins Tamika Catchings, Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi, Brit Griner, Breanna Stewart, Elena Della Donne, Tina Charles, Maya Moore, Lindsay Whalen, Seimone Augustus and Sylvia Fowles on the roster.
Five UConn players. No Candace Parker. Not throwing stones or anything...but Tina Charles over Parker?
Let's face it...you could probably take 12 of the McDonald's All-American players down there and win the Olympics...but leaving Parker off the squad is just wrong...
paulie
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Beat the Cats!
ReplyDeleteOff today's topic but Matthew Mitchell has scheduled a press conference today at 1:30. Gee, I wonder what he's going to be talking about? Cooking? Dancing? Hair grooming?
ReplyDeleteCurtis Franklin
Probably a Prince tribute.
Deletehttp://kentuckysportsradio.com/main/she-gone-whats-going-on-with-uk-hoops/
DeleteCheck this out:
10/16/15 Chrishae Rowe dismissed
10/26/15 Linnae Harper traansferring
11/03/15 Morgan Rich transferring
12/11/15 Kyvin Goodin-Rogers transferring
03/29/16 Ivana Jakubcova transferring
04/14/16 Asst. Coach Amadou dismissed
04/25/16 Madison Treece reopens recruitment
04/25/16 Asst. Coach Williams-Jeter resigns
04/25/16 Lindsay Corsaro reopens commitment
04/26/16 Batouly Camara transferring
04/26/16 Matthew Mitchell holding presser
04/26/16 Kyra Elzy rejoins staff as associate coach
Yes, things are spinning out of control in Memorial Coliseum. The Deb Factor
Mitchell will blame it all on Walz and call for his immediate resignation.
DeleteBlue Lou
Matt will toss out the ball at the softball game tonight and then dismiss the ball from the game and fire the umpires.
DeleteDon't throw rocks little Birdies. You lost an All-American, and hobbled wanna be and walk-on in the last month. We can still beat the Cards even with eight scholarship players.
DeleteMatthew Mitchell For Governor
UK will announce Matthew Mitchell will switch places with Calipari next season. That ought to pare down the men's roster considerably for 2016-17.
DeleteDance, Matthew, dance !
How about this? Matty will proclaim that Lexington will now be known as Mattieville and that UK will withdraw from the union and form their own principality.
DeleteCongratulations Angel! Still repping after all these years. Take Shoni under your wing and get her a$$ straightened out, #35!
Nick O.
I freaking agree with the Guv Kentucky would still kick our ass with 8 players as long as Epps is there.
DeleteBut for Guv to try to compare losing Cole and Dalota to what's happening with Cats is nuts
Btw "hobbled wanna be?" Sydney Brackemeyer is a whole lot more than a "hobbled wanna be". That's funny. Stay classy Guv haha!
DeleteWay to go, Angel! And, boo Geno for not selecting Parker. Sue Bird? What, is it a 30 and over league?
ReplyDeleteBlue Lou
No way he was cutting Sue Bird. She is so good her team has finished with the worst record two years straight. She makes all star teams off reputation and no one blinks. Chalk me up as a proud Sue Bird hater. Diggers would destroy her . Even Shoni "I only play good in all star games" made her look silly.
DeleteLate breaking out of Lexington. Another assistant UK WBB coach leaving.
ReplyDeleteCamryn Whitaker, a Cynthiana native, is interviewing for other opportunities including some head coaching positions, Mitchell said on Wednesday morning.
Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/sports/college/kentucky-sports/uk-basketball-women/jen-smith-on-basketball/article74156002.html#storylink=cpy
Paulie, another coach is leaving the Cats WBB squad? Wow, something really big must be going on internally. Maybe there's something linking back to all this about the recruitment of Epps and Goodin-Rogers several years when they were virtually guaranteed to be on the UofL roster? There have been widespread but unconfirmed rumors for years about money flowing freely around the UK WBB program. What will Mitchell disclose today? I know a lot of Cat WBB fans who are up-in-arms about all this. Mitchell has a lot of explaining to do and if the NCAA is investigating JoAnne P. McCauley at Duke, can Mitchell be far behind? The Deb Factor.
ReplyDeleteLet's just wait for Mitchell to have his press conference and see what is covered. Speculation and accusations at this point are just that and we have a staple here in America about innocent until proven guilty.
DeletePaulie
how about? mitchell announces partnership with hair products magnate paul mitchell salons and grows a goatee
ReplyDeleteI think we would do well to leave UK alone and just mind taking care of our own business - it's time to be grateful for what we have.
ReplyDeleteMitchell said nothing of importance except that he wanted coaches at UK that wanted to be a UK. Straight out of a Dr. Seuss primer. Good luck with that, Matt.
DeleteMatthew Mitchell is not looking very competent dealing w people. Thank goodness for him he seems to know how to find enough talent and win basketball games. If he comes out of this with another relatively successful season he's a magician.
ReplyDeleteWas Amadou the recruiting wizard from Dayron? The guy was making $150,000. Is he the same guy?
ReplyDeleteDon't know why I threw his salary in there ha!
ReplyDeleteAnyway he is who I thought meaning one of the top recruiters in the game (Amadour).
He is a big loss based on what he did for Dayton for 4 years. Ally Mallot and that guard who tore us up in the tourney two years ago were recruited by him. Both in WNBA NOW and he helped develop Mallott.