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Weird stuff going on with Ryan Harrow. He's been out for weeks with what they initially said was the flu. Then rumors started circulating that he had mono. Now some Cats fan dug up some two-year-old NC State thread discussing whether Ryan Harrow has the flu or mono. [url="http://www.statefansnationforums.com/topic.php?id=864"]http://www.statefansnationforums.com/topic.php?id=864[/url]

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Kentucky made history again in the NBA draft tonight. -The first time a team had the #1 and #2 overall pick in the same draft. -The first time a team had 6 players in the first two rounds of the same draft. Since there are only 60 players drafted, that means 10% of the players drafted tonight came from the University of Kentucky. -The most players drafted over a three year span with 14 players drafted in the last three drafts.

The only thing I am worried about is Pat Forde and Pete Thamel trying to dig up dirt on any player that comes to Kentucky. The way the NCAA punishes teams, you could dig up dirt on any one player and have an entire season thrown out. Memphis had their runner-up season vacated for something Derrick Rose did before he even committed to Memphis. You could dig up dirt on any program in football or basketball that recruits blue chip players and ruin their season. Forde and Thamel have a hard on trying to catch Cal up in something, and they will eventually succeed at finding something a player did like having a grade changed in high school or taking money from an agent, and Cal will be unjustly blamed.

The press conference was moved to 7 PM.

ESPN is going to be showing the press conference at 2PM today.

[url="http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/REPORT_Davis_Jones_Teague_will_go_to_NBA_Draft_147641185.html"]http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/REPORT_Davis_Jones_Teague_will_go_to_NBA_Draft_147641185.html[/url] [quote] It seems that all five Kentucky underclassmen will be leaving for the NBA draft. At least that could be the assumption because all five will be making an announcement tomorrow according to UK. Terrence Jones, Anthony Davis, Doron Lamb, Marquis Teague and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist will all announce their intentions regarding the draft Tuesday afternoon. The announcement is schedule for 2pm at the Joe Craft Center men’s basketball practice gym. Those five along with Darius Miller and Kyle Wiltjer helped lead Kentucky to their first national title in 14 years and 8th overall. [b]*Press conference will be streamed LIVE on WKYT.com and WYMTnews.com[/b][/quote]

[url="http://twitter.com/#%21/DickieV"][b]Dick Vitale[/b] ‏ [s]@[/s][b]DickieV[/b] [/url] No SHOCK All of top Cats will enter Draft - Will 6 UK players be taken in 1st round ? [url="http://twitter.com/#%21/Vaughtsviews"][s]@[/s][b]Vaughtsviews[/b][/url] [url="http://twitter.com/#%21/Rex"][s]@[/s][b]Rex[/b][/url] Chapman [url="http://twitter.com/#%21/JohnClayIV"][s]@[/s][b]JohnClayIV[/b][/url] [url="http://twitter.com/#%21/JerryTipton"][s]@[/s][b]JerryTipton[/b][/url]

All five Kentucky starters are going to announce their decisions tomorrow (Tuesday) at 2 PM. Rumor is that Davis, Jones, and Teague are locks to declare. Allegedly, Cal advised Doron to come back next year, and MKG wants to come back, but Cal is advising him to go to the draft.

Judging by the Jordan Brand Classic on ESPN, Goodwin might be Kentucky's best recruit this year. He might be the fasted two guard to ever play for UK, and I can see why people compare him to Dwayne Wade.

[quote name='JC' timestamp='1334246433' post='1117915'] I'd be very surprised if he did. But in the end, Oriahki isn't really someone whom is a game changer anyways. Regarding Harrow, I don't know how he is now, but he just really wasn't ready for ACC ball for a bad wolfpack team. I was surprised he transferred to UK. [/quote] Looks like you were right about Oriahki. Starting to come out that he is picking Mizzou. I can't blame him there because I like Mizzou's coach and I am pretty sure I read that Alex has a childhood friend on the team.

[quote name='JC' timestamp='1334209679' post='1117820'] I don't think Oriakhi is going to UK. He just crossed Duke off his list this past week cause Mason is coming back. Guy is going to go anywhere where he can showcase his not very good talents and play in the NCAA tourney. I can see Bennet going to UK, but I think that's it to round it out. Jefferson is NCSU/Duke. Noel isn't nearly anywhere close to AD on the offensive side. I don't think UK is going to be able to replicate their success from last year. I'd be very interested to hear what happened with Noel. EVERYONE was saying he was G'Town bound an hour before his announcement. Bazz was supposedly a UCLA silent commit since last year due to Adidas, but supposedly K and Cal made very appealing plea's to him. [/quote] Noel and Oriakhi are friends and have talked about playing together. The big boost next year is going to be an upperclassman running Calipari's offense. It has been a true freshman running the show all three years Cal has been at Kentucky, but Harrow will already have a year of experience in college basketball from when he was at NC State, and a year practicing in this system at Kentucky before he even plays in a game for UK. I watched an open practice this year, and Harrow is the man. He is as fast as Teague and has a jump shot every bit as good as Brandon Knight's jump shot. People are going to be surprised by how good he is early in the season next year. Next year you are going to see some sets with Harrow, Goodwin, Wiltjer, and Poythress on the court at the same time, and all four have a deadly jump shot and can drain the three. It is going to be scary how versatile they will be offensively.

They are saying on Rivals that some sports radio guy is saying one of the starting five is coming back.

[quote name='BigDawgBengal' timestamp='1334192579' post='1117768']Noel headed to UK. Big pick up. Won't be a huge drop off from Davis. UK now has the number one recuriting class.[/quote] It isn't over yet, either. Rumor is UK is the favorite to land Alex Oriaki and the top power forward in this class in Anthony Bennett. Plus Cal is allegedly looking at some JUCO big man from out West.

[quote name='JC' timestamp='1333557073' post='1115456'] Not that I think it happens, but would you guys be more upset if Cal bolted for the NBA (Knicks) or happy for what he has done for UK in the short time he was there? There's been some speculation, not that I think it has much legs. [/quote] The only NBA team I could see him leaving for in the near term is the Heat. He has a great relationship with Lebron, and if they don't win it all this year, that coach is going to be on the hot seat. My ideal scenario if Cal left would be for him to have a great recruiting class with Archie Goodwin, Alex Poythress, Willie Cauley, Shabazz Muhammad, Anthony Bennett, and Nerlens Noel (I know that is asking a lot), win it all next year, have the NBA make the change that requires players to be two years removed from high school before they enter the draft so all of those recruits have to stay another season, hire Shaka Smart to take over the program, and see Cal win it all with the Heat thus crushing all of his critics.