It's Official - We're Back - UK Headed to The Final Four After Defeating North Carolina 76-69! But Loses to UConn 56-55 Finishing 29-9

Calipari my "Coach of the Year"

HUGE win last night; one of the most memorable ever for this fan of 43 years. Cats take out the # 1 seeded Ohio State Buckeyes 62-60.

Good Weekend for the Cats!

"Freshman" Brandon Knight broke away from WV's and Bob Huggin's typical physical play and dropped 30 on the Mountaineers, as KY got revenge from last year's Sweet 16 loss - 71-63.
We were operating on about a 30 minute delay as the game tipped off at 12:15 due to Kacey attending a baby shower but the magic of the DVR made everything work just fine as the dogs and burgers were grilling out by the pool. Once the computers were synced up with the West Household in SC, we were ready for a fun afternoon.
Next up for the Cats - Ohio State, the overall # 1 seed. We are not skeered of the buckeyes. Should be another fun game but the late tip Friday evening (9:45pm) presents yet another dilemma for game time festivities. Do we all try to stay up late or do we tape the game and plan the game around a big game day breakfast on Sat morning? What say you?

March Madness Gets Off To A Glorious Start

Not because of KY's 2 point win over Princeton(59-57) but because of Morehead's defeat of the dirty Cards and Little Ricky - 62-61. Up Next WVU. Go Cats!

The Party Is Over

I have been in radio for 21 years and worked for an NPR funded station for 3.5 years. I have never understood the need for taxpayer dollars to go toward the funding of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting of which NPR falls under. The private sector can handle all the broadcasting needs of the public just fine. $422 million dollars goes to CPB - $93 million of it goes to NPR. The supporters will say "it's just a drop in the bucket." I for one, add up all the unnecessary "drops in the buckets" which when added together, equal buckets overflowing with waste. If your programming is good enough, the public will support it without the government's help. It's time we let CPB and NPR make it on their own, if they can.

This Pretty Much Sums It Up

A Wildcat / Gator Memory

UPDATE: UK WON 76-68!
Cats & Gators tomorrow at Rupp on CBS - 4pm.
I will be busy at a conference in Nashville and will not get to see the Cats win live.
Mike's Pick - UK 82 - UF 72.
(we won't talk about their game earlier in the season in Gainesville slthough the trip up was fun)

What's Going On In Minnesota?

Bruce Pearl Ends 8 Game SEC Suspension With A Loss At KY

guess they just didn't have enough weapons....
UK - 73 - UT - 61
He also lost his neck while he was off work.

Big Game Tomorrow!

UPDATE
Cats lose 70 -68 after coming from 13 down in the second half and then miss a last second shot that would have won it. We had fun anyway....

Tomorrow - ESPN - 9pm - KY and Florida at Florida.
Mike's Pick - KY 78 - FL - 70.
Lyndsey, Andrew an myself will be in Gainesville for this one along with Mike & April Brunjes - UF fans extraordinaire. Should be a very interesting day. UK is coming off one of it's worst losses in the past 4 years - losing to Ole Miss at Ole Miss. FL is coming in after defeating Vandy in overtime at Florida. It should be a barn burner. We need this one bad!
I give you an oldie but goodie - one of Florida's finest.

UK Basketball Back on Track

After a loss to Alabama at Alabama, there were a lot of doubts about what this team could do. Back on the road Saturday in Columbia, SC however put some of those doubts to rest as UK rolled to victory after SC closed to within 5 late in the GAME.

Kids Having Kids

We had a great time last week when Justin, Kacey and Luke were here for Christmas - Round 2! Lots of food, sports and ping pong. I just wish we could all get together more often. The babies are growing so quickly.

BBVA Compass Bowl Prediction

KY - 35 - Pitt - 21
Noon - Sat Jan 8th - ESPN. Go Cats!

Happy Birthday Mary!

This is one day a year you don't have to cook.
Love ya and thank you for all you do!

Why We Can't Stand Louisville And Love Beating Them

Great way to bring in the New Year as UK defeats UL - 78-63. UK lead almost the whole way and put a sound beating on LITTLE RICKY PITINO.


KY now leads the series 28-14.

It's UK vs Louisville - Today! Noon - CBS

Biggest game of the year today! KY will run over Louisville.
Mike's pick - UK 77 - Louisville - 68

Christmas Past - 1988

Justin - 7 years old - Lyndsey - 3 years old - on Hifner Rd in Nonesuch,KY

C-17 Santa

Justin feeling festive in the cockpit somewhere in the Middle East
Click on photo to enlarge

Joe B. Hall Celebration

Pictured left to right - Kyle Macy (Used to do some work with him while at WVLK Radio) Jack Givens (He lived next door to me my freshman year at UK) Rick Robey (lived two doors down from me) and Larry Johnson (beat him in ping pong once)

UK recognized the career of Joe B. Hall. It's been 25 years since his retirement. Seeing photos of the more than forty former players who attended Saturday's reception sure brings back some memories. Joe B had the difficult task of following Adolph Rupp and he did it by adding another national championship in 1978. The history and the tradition of UK basketball is what makes the program so special. It was good to see UK take a timeout to recognize a coach who should be in the College Basketball Hall of Fame. Joe is the only UK coach that was born and raised in Kentucky. I had a lot of fun with him in the 90's as I impersonated him in an on-going radio bit with Jack Pattie on WVLK. Thankfully, Joe has a great sense of humor.
UK is now 8-2 and ranked at #17 with recent wins over Indiana and Miss Valley State.

Can Young Very Talented Defeat Old Semi-Talented?

This photo does a great job of depicting UK's effort last night. They out rebounded the nation's #12 rebounding team.

If anyone wanted to play a drinking a game and take a swig every time time Jimmy Dykes said the word "young" they probably would have passed out before the first half ended last night. This young 17th ranked KY team was in a position to beat UNC in the final minute on their home court on Saturday. We just needed one more shot to fall. Then last night this young talented KY team took down 23rd ranked Notre Dame (5 seniors start) on a "neutral" court in Freedom Hall in Louisville that just happened to be filled with over 17,000 UK fans. Yes - UK owns the city of Louisville too despite another team there coached by little Ricky Pitino. Up next - the INDIANA HOOSIERS roll into Rupp for a 5:15 game on ESPN. Have I mentioned I like this team?