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Friday’s Show

May 18th, 2012

Coming up on Friday night, we’re going to talk a little college football.  The SEC and the Big 12 have agreed to have regular season champs meet in a new and unnamed bowl.

The new agreement is seen as the first step to a four super conference alignment that could mean the end of the ACC and the Big East.  We’ll talk about what it means tonight on the show.

Kentucky baseball is back in action tonight in Starkville, Mississippi.  The Cats now trail South Carolina by percentages and lead LSU by a half game and Florida by one game.  The Cats can win the SEC or finish fourth…a big difference.

The second leg of the horse racing triple crown is set for tomorrow afternoon in Baltimore.  We’ll conduct our annual Preakness contest throughout tonight’s show.

Jeff Drummond has the recruiting covered including an update on Montrezl Harrell.  Harrell say’s that the Cats have indeed contacted him and that he’s interested.

The show kicks off at 6pm with your calls and comments tonight on Larry Glover Live.

Update:

Kentucky Basketball is getting some positive pub today.  SI’s Andy Glockner say’s that Julius Mays and Ryan Harrow are two of the 10 biggest impact transfers for next season.

Slam Magazine has three future Wildcats on their annual High School All-American Team.  Nerlens Noel, Alex Poythress and Archie Goodwin were selected to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd teams respectively.

Kerry Wood retired today ending a mixed emotions career.  It began with a burst that was derailed by injuries.  Kerry tossed, in his estimation, the greatest game in baseball history with a 20K, 0 walk, 1-hit gem against Astros in 1998.  It’s hard to argue with his assessment…he is an infield single away from a 20K perfect game.

May 17th, 2012

 

Kyle Tucker

Kyle Tucker, take 2.  We missed Kyle yesterday but we’ve got good news…we’ve rescheduled with the Courier Journal’s UK beat writer and he’ll appear tonight in hour 1 to talk some UK football.

Jeff Drummond of the Cats Pause has a recruiting update including the latest on Montrezzl Harrell, who was finally released from his commitment from Virginia Tech.

Plus, we’re going to talk some Kentucky basketball with Glenn Logan from Sea of Blue.  The Kentucky Wildcats have the overall number one player coming into college hoops next season and perhaps the one with the most impact of the 1st year players, so say’s Myron Medcalf.   However, does Kentucky have enough coming in next season to compete for a national title?  We’ll debate these topics and more with Glenn.

Hour 1 (Kyle Tucker)
Hour 2 (Jeff Drummond and Glenn Logan)

Notes:

ESPN say’s that it’s UCLA, not Kentucky, that has the best recruiting class in America.  If so, that would end the Cats run of three straight top classes.  ESPN’s Dave Telep chatted today about the debate of who is number one and would the Wildcats move to the top if they get Harrell (yes).

Last summer, when they took a service trip to Ethiopia with head coach Joker Phillips, Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart and others, Danny Trevathan and Stuart Hines weren’t entirely sure what was in store for them. The experience ended up being a life-changing one, with the two rising seniors witnessing a culture and a lifestyle unimaginably far removed from their own.

On Friday, a new group of rising seniors will follow in the footsteps of Hines and Trevathan and make the same trip with Phillips at their side. For a year now, Mikie Benton, Matt Smith and Larry Warford have listened to stories and seen photographs from the weeklong trip and, even though the trio has an idea what lies ahead, that doesn’t mean they expect it to have any less of an impact on them.

ESPN’s Andy Katz talks logos, Murray State and the NCAA’s 75th anniversary in today’s edition of the 3-Point Shot.

Coming up:
Monday night; Doug Flynn
Tuesday Night; Kent Spencer
Wednesday Night; Mark Story, Josh Teater

 

Wednesday’s Links

May 16th, 2012

We are now heading into the dog days of summer…at least soon.  That means the focus begins to be directed at UK football.  Coming up on the show tonight, we’ll talk to Kyle Tucker about next season’s Wildcats.

Larry Vaught is hitting the football beat with his Vaught’s Views column today.  Larry talks to Mike Cassity about the coaching staff.   Cassity tells Vaught that the coaching staff is committed to improving even if it means telling the boss, Joker Phillips, what he does’t want to hear.

Yesterday we talked a little about the financial aspects of college athletics.  The story was based on the information provided by USA Today’s Database.  Well Eric Crawford delves into the matter a little deeper in his column today  to show how the numbers are crunched and how they can tell different stories based on what’s included in the numbers.

Kentucky baseball lost another mid week game last night in Paducah against Murray State.  UK is focused on an SEC title that they can clinch this weekend against Mississippi State.  Our friend Matt May of the Cats Pause profiles the Cats title chase this weekend in Starkville.

A tough break for Joe Crawford.  The former Wildcat injured his knee and could be out for as much as six months.  you can read more about it here.

Gregg Doyel thanked Coach K in his column today for restoring America to basketball dominance.  The Duke coach say’s that 2012 will be his last as the coach for Team USA.  So who replaces him?

Doyel tweeted, “USA players WANT to play for Coach K. Top coach I see who fits that bill for 2016? John Calipari.”

 

 

 

Wednesday’s Show

May 16th, 2012

Kyle Tucker

Coming up on Wednesday night’s edition of Larry Glover Live, we’ll talk UK football with Kyle Tucker of the Courier Journal.  Joker Phillips team has next but will they be ready?  We will debate that topic tonight with the CJ’s UK beat writer.

Is Jabari Parker the best High School player since Labron James?  Sports Illustrated say’s yes but what does our recruiting expert, Jeff Drummond of the Cats Pause, think?  We’ll ask him tonight.

We’ll hit the top stories of the day and offer witty commentary in addition to taking your calls tonight beginning at 6pm on Larry Glover Live.

Hour 1 (Kyle Tucker)
Hour 2 (Chris Fisher)

Monday’s Show

May 14th, 2012

We’ll talk a little of everything on tonight’s show.  First, the Cats picked up a basketball recruit Sunday and we’ll get Jeff Drummond of the Cats Pause’s take on the Julius Mays commit.

 

The UK baseball team swept Alabama over the weekend to regain sole possession of first place and with LSU and South Carolina playing each other, the Cats remain very good for a regular season title.  We’ll talk about the Bat Cats tonight with Herald Leader reporter Mark Maloney.

 

Also, congrats to former Wildcat Sean Woods for landing the Morehead State job.  We’ll talk to the Unforgettable about coming back to the Bluegrass.

The show starts at 6pm with your calls and comments tonight on Larry Glover Live.

Hour 1 (Mark Maloney)
Hour 2 (Jeff Drummond and Sean Woods)

 

 

Today’s Links
Mays Picks UK
Kentucky may play at Georgetown next season
Sean Woods Comes Back To Kentucky
Nolan Richardson III found dead

 

Friday’s Show

May 11th, 2012

We’ll visit with Adam Zagoria of zagsblog.com to talk UK basketball.  Adam spoke with Nerlens Noel Thursday night and we’ll find out moe about that conversation.

Plus, Jeff Drummond will join us with another recruiting update and we’ll debate Gregg Doyel’s column on paying college football players.  Doyel has an epiphany and now say’s that college football players should be compensated because of the damage that football does to players bodies.

Hour 1 (Adam Zagoria)
Hour 2 (Jeff Drummond)

 

 

Thursday’s Show

May 10th, 2012

TJ Beisner

Coming up on tonight’s show, we’ve CN2′s TJ Beisner to weigh in on the Nerlens Noel situation and give us his take on all things UK.

Plus, we’ll visit with UK baseball coach Gary Henderson.  The Cats are coming off a much needed 12 inning win over Indianan and they now face a huge weekend series with Alabama.  We’ll discuss.

The Cats Pause’s Jeff Drummond has got the recruiting circuit covered and we’ll take your calls as well tonight on Larry Glover Live.

Hour 1 (Gary Henderson)
Hour 2 (Jeff Drummond and TJ Beisner)

Today’s Links
Antigua Nations Top Assistant
Joker 94th Best Coach
Delany: Non Champs Shouldn’t Have Shot
Clay: Reds Can Compete with Cardinals
John Clay’s Notes
Bilas: Time to Downsize Div 1 BB
Crean Defends Decision to End IU/UK Series

Wednesday’s Show

May 9th, 2012

We received our notice regarding SEC football media days so we thought it might be a good time to talk some SEC football.  Who better to chat with than Mr. SEC’s John Pennington.

Nerlens Noel

Plus, the NCAA is looking into Nerlens Noel’s ties and financial history.  We’ll discuss what it all means tonight with Jeff Drummond from the Cats Pause.  We’ll also pry a couple of recruiting nuggets from Jeff as well.

We’ll continue to entertain your thoughts on Joel Pett’s cartoon on John Calipari if you would like.  It all kicks off at 6pm with your calls and comments tonight on Larry Glover Live.

Hour 1 (John Pennington)
Hour 2 (Jeff Drummond)

Today’s Links
Pete Thamel’s article on Noel Inquiry
Zagsblog: Wiggins hears Bennett nonsense
Cats could play Cincinnati next season (UKBB)
Eamon Brennan’s take on Noel story

 

Coming Up:
Thursday, TJ Beisner, from CN2; UK Baseball Coach Gary Henderson
Friday, Adam Zagoria from zagsblog.com

 

 

 

 

Tuesday’s Show

May 8th, 2012

John Clay

John Calipari’s scheduling manifesto is getting a lot of attention and the reactions are mixed.  John Clay of the Lexington Herald Leader isn;t buying Cal’s philosophy.  He say’s that its simply a matter of Cal not wanting to go to Bllomington.  He is Clay right, we’ll debate the issue with John tonight on the show.

WHAS’s Kent Spencer covers both IU and UK and he’ll weigh in and give us his opinion on why the UK/IU series ended.

Now that Anthony Bennett is off the board, where will John Calipari turn?  Amile Jefferson is still out there and there are a couple of possible transfers who could help the Cats fill out the roster.  We’ll chat with Jeff Drummond and get the latest on the UK recruiting scene.

Also, were you offended by Joel Pett’s cartoon in today’s edition of the Lexington Herald Leader?  It poked some fun at John Calipari and his fictional trophy case and some are outraged.  Twitter-verse is fluttering with demands of an apology and boycott (I’m not).

The show kicks off at 6pm with your calls and comments tonight on Larry Glover Live.

Today’s Links
NBA Draft Position Rank
Time Magazine/Jabari Parker
John Clay’s Blog Post on UKBB Scheduling
Mark Story’s Column on UKBB Scheduling
Joel Pett’s Cal Cartoon
Indiana has too many players
UofL and IU may play
Steve Kerr’s case for a two and done rule
UNC’s Academic Problems

Hour 1 (Kent Spencer)
Hour 2 (Jeff Drummond and John Clay)

Coming Up:
Wednesday, John Pennington from Mr. SEC
Thursday, TJ Beisner, from CN2; UK Baseball Coach Gary Henderson

 

 

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