Kentucky Basketball: What’s New

More recruits you say!
Kentucky is looking at two New York area recruits.

First is…Sylven Landesberg, who has the Wildcats in his final list of five schools. The other being junior Greg Echenique, who recently visited the Blue Grass state and is considering UK.

Sylven Landesberg…

Kentucky was showing me a lot of interest and I liked the school and the tradition.” “So, I added Kentucky to the list. I might take a visit in August. I like the school and my father has talked to coach Gillispie. I like him.”

Greg Echenique…

It was a really long ride from New Jersey but once I got there it was really nice.” “It was a different school for me and I liked it a lot. When I spoke to coach Gillispie, he wants to do some good things in the next few years and I liked him a lot.”

Gillispie ready to start anew
Billy Gillispie, among others are ready to get going with their new programs.

I like expectations, I like passion,” Gillispie said. “That passion has enabled them to win the most games in college basketball history and hopefully that passion is going to help us win.”

Golden shines
Catspause.com wraps up ($$) the ‘Adidas Takes 5ive Classic’, where Kentucky recruit Trae Golden impressed.

Wayback Machine
In Part 1…A Sea of Blue looks at Kentucky finding their way back to greatness.

Hurricane Billy
Ken Davis has a story on Billy Gillispie, the recruiting blitz heard around the world, and how happy Kentucky fans are.

Premature Hoops BlogPoll
FanHouse is taking an early look at the top teams heading into 2007 with a BlogPoll decided on by their college hoops bloggers.

Kentucky came in at Number 14, includes a rundown on reasons why.