Posts Tagged ‘Jodie Meeks’

Billy Gillispie Was Kind Of A Jerk

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Perhaps Alan Cutler was trying to run Billy Gillispie out of town. Considering the amount of behind-the-scenes “If this is true, he’s worse than anyone thought” news that’s come out since Gillispie made way for John Calipari, I can understand if that’s what Cutler was ultimately doing. Now we have news about some [...]

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Jodie Meeks is Still Go(o)d

Monday, February 16th, 2009

After he bombed Tennessee into oblivion, I made the “Jodie Meeks is God” exclamation and after this weekend’s performance, it bears repeating — or at least a derivative thereof. While everybody is rightfully talking about the excellent weekends of Hasheem Thabeet and Blake Griffin, Meeks’ weekend accomplishments deserve mention as well. Andy Katz [...]

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Great Endings: Where Nick Calathes Beefs Free Thows

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

Great ending to the Kentucky/Florida game last night. Kentucky wound up winning, 68-65, but not before some high drama went down. First, Kentucky needed a “from the hip” three-pointer from Jodie Meeks with about three seconds to play to take the lead — and then, Nick Calathes, who had been playing a magnificent [...]

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When Coaching Seats Get Hot

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

When you are winning basketball games at the University of Kentucky, you could probably shoot a member of the government and the fanbase would forgive you. However, once you start losing, the coaching seat goes from “warm and inviting” to “contentious and hot.” After losing to the Bulldogs of Mississippi State in a [...]

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Billy Gillispie Has No Time For Jodie Meeks Questions

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

During last night’s “fall on your face” loss to the Ole Miss Rebels, Kentucky had a two-point lead at the half. As is ESPN’s mantra, the sideline reporter, in this case, Jeannine Edwards, had some questions about Kentucky’s star player and the defense Ole Miss was playing to limit his touches. That’s when [...]

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This Just In (Jodie Meeks)

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

Jodie Meeks hit yet another 3-pointer against the Volunteers. Surprisingly, this one was also uncontested. If the Vols aren’t careful, he might hit a few more before UK plays Georgia on Saturday. No, this isn’t a fan blog, but after last night, I just can’t help myself. I promise this will [...]

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