BILLY DONOVAN:
🏀467-186 (overall), 42-14 (NCAA Tournament)
🏀2x National Champion (2006, 2007)
🏀4x Final Four (2000, 2006, 2007, 2014)
🏀4x SEC Tournament Champion
🏀3x SEC Coach of the Year
What do you think,
#BBN
? Could the former Pitino assistant be up next at Kentucky?
BIG recruiting note - as Mark Pope will visit 5-star former UK commit Jayden Quaintance tomorrow, per
@JamieShaw5
.
Remember - Quaintance chose UK over Missouri and G-League Ignite, which of course was coached by Jason Hart at the time.
Relationship is there. NOW, TIME TO CLOSE
Per
@jeffborzello
, Adou Thiero is down to five schools, with Kentucky making the final cut.
Would be a crucial add for the Wildcats and hope Coach Pope can get it done.
Adou could be an All-SEC forward in Coach Popes system
Our guy
@Aaron_Torres
with the heat:
Since 2012, John Calipari has the same number of titles, more Final Fours and fewer first weekend losses than Coach K.
Why is Cal always criticized for "underachieving" in March. And Coach K gets a complete pass? 🤔🤔
Let’s take a second to reflect - this time a year ago, Reed Sheppard was a 4-star recruit, ranked 23rd in the ESPN Top 100 at North Laurel High School.
Today he is the projected 5th overall pick in ESPN’s latest 2024 NBA Mock Draft.
Never count out a kid from Kentucky.
#BBN
Koby Brea, a star at Dayton who hit 49 percent from three has committed to.... KENTUCKY.
MEGA pick-up for Mark Pope and staff, as Brea adds positional size, elite shooting and offensive firepower to next year's offense.
HOW ABOUT MARK POPE?!?!??!
Amari Williams, a 6'11 center who spent the last four years at Drexel will visit Kentucky, per
@TiptonEdits
.
Big, athletic rim protector with NBA upside.
Just a hunch, but this might be one of the kids who "wouldn't call Mark Pope back at BYU."
GO GET HIM
@CoachMarkPope
!
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has been named a Western Conference All-Star starter 🔥
SGA’s blossoming into a legitimate superstar has been incredible.
Reminder that this kid was a 4-star recruit.
#BBNBA
BIG day for Kentucky basketball, as Amari Williams, Lamont Butler and now Andrew Carr all announce they'll withdraw from the NBA Draft (Carr - per
@JonRothstein
.
The 2024-2025 Wildcats are officially coming together - with a few big pieces left.
LETS. FREAKIN. GOOOOOO
Can criticize Coach Cal for a lot - but he never stopped believing in this kid, and it paid off big-time tonight.
If we can get THAT Justin Edwards every night - brings UK to a whole other level 😤😤
📽️
@DylanBallard_UK
We are officially five - FIVE - Saturday’s away from
@UKFootball
!
To celebrate here is Benny Snell & Stephen Johnson absolutely dominating Tennessee 5 years ago 😼
Maybe it means nothing, but Adou Thiero posted this on Instagram shortly after Mark Pope's press conference.
Again, maybe it means nothing.
Or.... COME HOME ADOU!!!!
Pat Riley, Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro are headed to the NBA Finals - where they'll face Jamal Murray and the Nuggets.
One way or another, at least one Cat will win another NBA title.
But safe to say, BBN will be VERY well represented in the NBA FInals
Tyrese Maxey just dropped 50 points - FIFTY! - in a win for the 76ers.
If the 2020 NCAA Tournament is played, Kentucky wins it all.
You'll never be able to convince me otherwise 😤😤
Alvin Brooks III is a beast on the recruiting trail.
If UK finalizes that, as is currently being reported by
@JackPilgrimKSR
and others, with Jason Hart and Cody Fueger, that's in short conversation as "best staff in America."
PJ Washington with some great defense, several clutch buckets and foul shots down the stretch sends Dallas to the Western Conference Finals.
MONSTER series for the former Cat 🔥🔥🔥
NEWS: 5⭐️ Karter Knox will announce his commitment tomorrow, March 9th at halftime of Game 2 live on the Overtime Elite broadcast, a source confirms to
@On3Recruits
.
Story:
Former Drexel big man Amari Williams is transferring to KENTUCKY.
Averaged 12.2 PTS, 7.8 REB, 1.8 BLK last season for the Dragons.
HUGE GRAB FOR POPE 😤😤😤
#HopeInPope
The good news keeps coming for the Cats.... as Karter Knox commits to.... KENTUCKY.
GREAT DAY TO BE A CAT.
GREAT MONTH TO BE A CAT.
ALWAYS GREAT TO BE A CAT.
Add Wake Forest wing Andrew Carr to the list of visitors this weekend for Kentucky this weekend, per
@TravisBranham_
.
13.5 points, 37 percent from three this year in the ACC.
Mark Pope and staff are earning their paychecks right now 😤😤
This season, Kentucky:
* Destroyed SEC Tourney champ (Auburn) on the road
* Beat two of the teams competing for the final No. 1 seed away from Rupp (Tennessee, UNC)
Friday was frustrating.
This team still has the potential to do ANYTHING it wants.
BRING. ON. THE. BRACKET.
BIG recruiting news, as multiple outlets report five-star, 2024 VJ Edgecombe has cut his list to three: Kentucky, Duke and Baylor.
The 6'5 guard from New York is the No. 6 player in the class of 2024 per
@247Sports
and a priority for the Cats.
MAKE IT HAPPEN COACH CAL 😤😤
Trent Noah flips his commitment to KENTUCKY!
Prior to last season, Kentucky had no players from the 13th region in 30+ years. Now the Cats will have 2 in back to back years.
That Perry-Noah duo is gonna look real nice to BBN 😏
FINAL: Kentucky 87, Florida 85
Games like these separate good teams from great teams.
Not the ideal showing from Kentucky but the Cats pull out an IMPRESSIVE W at Florida.
What a welcome to the SEC for these young Cats.
For those not watching - PJ Washington is going OFF in the playoffs right now.
Twenty-seven points for the Mavs, and it's not even the end of the third quarter.
HAVE A NIGHT
@PJWashington
!!!!!!!
Karl Anthony Towns just had one of the most insane games we'll ever see.
62 points. 44 points in the first half. 10 three-pointers.
HAVE A NIGHT,
@KarlTowns
!!!!!
(This is the part where we ignore the fact the T-Wolves lost 😉😉)
Coach Cal after the game:
"One thing I've done, I've invested in t shirt companies, because everywhere we go, its a white out, a blue out, whatever"
Every teams Super Bowl 😂
Tonight (and maybe tomorrow) the lives of Reed Sheppard, Rob Dillingham, Justin Edwards and Antonio Reeves change forever.
Sad how it ended in March, and happy for the new era - but wish these four nothing but the best as they chase their dreams!!!
At least one former Kentucky Wildcat will play in the NBA Finals, as Karl Anthony Towns' Minnesota Timberwolves will face PJ Washington's Dallas Mavericks in the Western Conference Finals.
LETS GOOOOOO
Andrew Carr, a forward who averaged 13.5 points per game on 37 percent three-point shooting this year at Wake Forest has.... COMMITTED TO KENTUCKY!!!!
The perfect, offensively minded stretch four to compliment Amari Williams (and maybe Great Osobor).
IN POPE WE TRUST!!!
Mark Pope has officially hired Alvin Brooks III as an assistant coach at Kentucky, per
@MattNorlander
.
Here is a live look of Pope, Brooks and Jason Hart walking into every AAU event this summer
Among the notable recruits expected at Big Blue Madness tonight:
2024 - 4 ⭐️Somto Cyril (UK commit)
2024 - 4 ⭐️Billy Richmond
2024 - 4 ⭐️Travis Perry
2025 - 5⭐️Darryn Peterson
2025 - 5 ⭐️Caleb Wilson
2025 - 5 ⭐️Jasper Johnson
LETS HAVE A NIGHT, BIG BLUE NATION