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Scott Satterfield Needs to Shut Up

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These past couple of days have been pretty good and the fact I have gotten to make fun of Louisville twice in those days makes them even better.

Most of us heard about the back and forth Scott Satterfield had with South Carolina. He released a statement saying he was all-in at Louisville, then just a few days later interviewed for the SC job, and then said that it wasn’t a serious discussion and that he felt obligated to listen because his parents lived in the neighboring state.

If that’s not bad enough, Satterfield’s comments at a press-conference make them even worse:

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Not only did he try to leave Louisville and openly deny it using some BS excuse, he now is essentially saying he isn’t all-in at Louisville.

Is he trying to talk himself out of the job?

Little sister is a mess.

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Everything Players and Staff Had to Say after Losing to Oakland

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Well, Kentucky’s 2023-24 season is over after getting upset in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to 14-seed Oakland. A lot of questions are surrounding the Kentucky basketball program.

Head coach John Calipari and players let all of the sadness out and spoke on the touching subjects after the loss.

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Calipari really felt like this team was built March. “They shouldn’t be and our team and our season, defined by that game, but it will be. This one is painful. … This team, I really felt was built for this moment, even though we were young.”

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Calipari says the mistakes from the team was due to the youth. “We made some critical mistakes at critical times today. When you have a really young team and look at where did the mistakes come from, they were freshmen.” When asked if his philosophy will change moving forward, Calipari says he doesn’t know, but he has changed lives doing it the way he is. “”I’ve done this with young teams my whole career. It’s gonna be hard for me to change that because we’ve helped so many young people … I don’t see myself just saying, ‘Ok, we’re not going to recruit freshmen.’ … We have an unbelievable group coming in.”

It was clear, though, that Calipari really believed that this team could have done something special. “I just come back to, I hate it for these guys that people try to define this season by that game, and it’s natural and it’s how this business works but this group was a ball to coach.”

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Then, it was the players’ turns to talk with the media, and as you can imagine, it was a devastated locker room. Tre Mitchell, one of the veterans on the team, appreciated his time at Kentucky. “I’ve loved every single second of being at Kentucky. I got an opportunity to live out a dream, and I built bonds with people that will last a lifetime.”

Reed Sheppard was very emotional after the game, talking about how this team was fun to play with, and it being their last time on the court together. “It sucks losing, but it sucks losing knowing it’s your last time playing with this group. This group has been unbelievable. There’s no team that’s been like this on/off the court. We’re all super close. Being able to play at Kentucky and have a special group of guys around me.”

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Sheppard continued on how “special” this Kentucky team was. “You guys could tell how special we were. How close of friends we were on and off the court. It sucks ending the season no matter what. Especially with this group. We’re all really close. We’re all best friends. Knowing that we won’t play with the same group of guys next year is tough. But you know, we have a lot of memories.”

Rob Dillingham also expressed that same comradery feeling. “It means everything to me. I might not show it all the time, but I love everybody on the team. I love putting this (Kentucky) jersey on. Every time I go out there I get chills looking at the crowd. It’s just crazy to think we’re done right now.”

Just like that, Kentucky’s season has come to a shocking halt. A special team ended with a very disappointing March. Now, big questions will need to be answered .

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SEC Coach Compares Rob Dillingham to NBA All-Star

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One SEC coach compares Rob Dillingham to an accomplished NBA All-Star.
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You will be hard-pressed to find a more entertaining player in college basketball than Rob Dillingham, with opposing players and coaches saying as much throughout the season. Vanderbilt head coach, Jerry Stackhouse, is the most recent to do so.

Following a loss to Kentucky, where Rob Dillingham scored 23 points and 5 assists, Stackhouse complimented Dillingham and his style of play, even describing him as his “shifty”, the moniker he goes by on social media, ‘Rob wit da shifts’.

“I would say he is so shifty. I think that’s the word that I would describe him, and I saw him in high school,” Stackhouse said. “He’s the guy that’s capable of exploding and going for 25 or 30 on any given night. I think that’s why you’re seeing him projected on the draft boards and his own because he has that type of ability.”

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There is one NBA guard in particular that Dillingham reminds him of, former NBA All-Star and champion Kyrie Irving.

“Being able to play one-on-one, create off the dribble kind of Kyrie Irving-like,” Stackhouse said. “I think once he continues to grow as a defender, he’s going to be a guy that you try to pick on, but I think he has to that same shift in this that he has on offense he can apply that and become a good on-ball defender as well.”

Considering Stackhouse’s experience as an NBA All-Star caliber player, and now as an NBA/college coach for the last decade, his compliment holds value. That said, his praise didn’t stop there.

Stackhouse also mentioned that this Kentucky team is arguably the best he has seen since he started at Vanderbilt in 2019. “Kentucky is really good, talented offensive team,” Stackhouse said. “The best that I’ve seen I think since I’ve been here. …I think it’s time for a big run this year (for Kentucky).”

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Kentucky Sets Record With Seven Participants In NBA All-Star Game

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Kentucky has a record 7 selections in the 2024 NBA All-Star game.
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Kentucky’s NBA resume continues to grow and has now made history with the most participants in an NBA All-Star Game from one school with seven players selected in this year’s game. The closest school to that number in this year’s game is Duke, who has two selections.

The players that were selected from Kentucky include: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Tyrese Maxey, Bam Adebayo, Devin Booker, Anthony Davis, Julius Randle, and Karl-Anthony Towns. The amazing records don’t just stop there. Kentucky has a total of 36 NBA All-Star appearances under John Calipari since 2014, and the closest is Duke and Texas both with 16.

Calipari talked about what it means to have a record number of participants in the NBA All-Star Game. “I’m so proud of our SEVEN record-setting Wildcats! From Tyrese earning his first selection to AD making the All-Star Game for the ninth time, each of these guys have put in the work to become some of the best in the league. Well deserved!!”

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If recruits still needed any further proof that Kentucky is most successful in putting players in the NBA, there you go.

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