Pacman Jones wants to be called Adam Jones

Alright, I just want to get this post done as quickly as possible. I just watched SportSCenter and saw that Pacman Jones wants to be called Adam Jones couse he thinks if he is called Pacman then people will remember him by his off the field distractions, which is true. But that won't happen people will remember him by Pacman Jones then adam jones couse we are all used to that. It's that simple. Plus Half a Million people won't change the way they say his name. He wanted people to call him that name. Now he has to live with it. "Think before you act" I always say.

Kentucky Football Team Has New

The Kentucky Wildcats Football Team will have a differnet Uniform. That's right, they are changing their coolest uniform to something really plain. I don't like the new Jersey but a jersey is a jersey. So I am not going to be really disappointed about a jersey. I have also heard that the football team pants will also be with stripes but with black also. I think thats interesting. I don't think one of Kentucky's colors is black but once again a jersey is a jersey. Also I have heard that they will have alternates and the creater of the uniforms made the uniforms of Oregon. And Oregon has Pretty bad uniforms. Compare the two to see what you think.

Tayshaun Going to Beijing

It is official. Tayshaun Prince will be the newest USA team basketball player this year. This is no surprise as he got on the team. This guy is phenomenal and he has been on the NBA's defensive team 4 times in a row. Mike Krzyzewski likes players like Tayshaun to do a great job at the defensive end and still score points and average about 15 a game. See Tayshaun isn't like any other player to me. He is a player that shuts his mouth and plays and not only does he play but he plays and does everything for your team. He is a leader, runs the floor although he is 6'9, back you down low, dunk over you, shoot the three, comes up with the game changing play in games, can block you from out of nowhere, guards you like he's stuck on you. This is a guy that you want on your team. Congrats to the USA team for picking him up.

Gillispie agrees to stop recruiting young players

Coach Billy Gillispie said today that he’ll abide by a National Association of Basketball Coaches request that college basketball coaches not extend scholarship offers or accept verbal commitments from players in their high school sophomore years or younger.

“I fully support anything the coaches’ leadership and governing body thinks is best for college basketball and high-school age basketball players,” Gillispie said in a phone interview. “It’s not like you’re not going to go out and evaluate young players. They’ve just strongly encouraged us not to seek a commitment, offer a scholarship, those kids of things, which we definitely will adhere to.”

In a statement released today, the NABC Board of Directors announced that it “strongly opposes 10th grade students and younger from making commitments to collegiate institutions for the purpose of playing men’s basketball.”

Furthermore, the statement continued, “the Board asks men’s basketball coaches to refrain from offering or encouraging these young people to make such commitments.”

Gillispie said the NABC’s request won’t change the way his program goes about evaluating talent. He still intends to watch players and pinpoint recruiting targets at an early age.

“It’s just going to change the time frame as far as offering scholarships and accepting commitments,” Gillispie said.

This spring, Gillispie accepted verbal commitments from eighth-grader Michael Avery of Lake Sherwood, Calif., and freshman Vinny Zollo of Greenfield, Ohio.

But Gillispie said he “absolutely” didn’t feel singled out by the NABC’s statement, adding that NABC officials – including former UK coach Tubby Smith, the organization’s current president, and Jim Haney, its executive director – “have made sure that I didn’t feel that way.”

In its statement, the NABC Board of Directors asked that coaches not extend scholarship offers or accept commitments until June 15 following the conclusion of a prospect’s sophomore year.

That coincides with the first date that coaches are allowed to initiate contact with prospective student-athletes.

And if a high-profile young player makes contact with a coach asking to give a verbal commitment?

“You just say that the NABC leadership has asked that we don’t accept a commitment until a particular time and we don’t offer a scholarship until a particular time, and I fully support that,” Gillispie said.

The players that have commited to kentucky from 2010-2012 are at the top of the screen from top to bottom.

1.) Michael Avery (He is only a 8th Grader) Class 2012

2.) Vinny Zollo (Has a lot to work on after his recovery from an injury) Class 2011

3.) Dominique Ferguson (Best player in the Nation coming out of his class). Class 2010

4.) Dakotah Euton (Recruited also by Florida, Duke, and Xavier). Class 2010

5.) K.C. Ross-Miller (one of the best point guards coming out of his class) Class 2010