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Preseason practice date moves up

Preseason practice date moves up

Big Blue Madness could start at an earlier date this year. The Division I Board of Directors passed a proposal on Thursday that allows men's basketball teams to begin practicing two weeks earlier than in the past, starting t...
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The blame game: Players say they’re at fault for not changing

As the leader of a players-first program, John Calipari tried to do Thursday what he’s always done when things have gone awry with his team. He tried falling on his sword. On Friday, the players took the sword out from undern...
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The monitoring system doesn’t lie

Because we have very few returning veterans that our new guys can imitate or mimic, we haven’t gotten the level of work – conditioning, toughness, effort and exertion – that we need and expect. To do that, each player is ...
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Calipari zeroing in on Poythress to bring out the beast in him

When the so-called beast came out in Alex Poythress in the Duke game back in November, he may have created a monster problem for himself: Beastly expectations. Once everyone, John Calipari included, saw he could fly above the r...
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My job is to love each individual player

I was up early today just thinking to myself that this is about more than just winning and losing. I HATE losing, but it’s bigger than that being the coach at the University of Kentucky. My job is to help all these young peop...
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Tired of running, Cats holding each other more accountable

Kentucky will get a much-needed break from practice on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. to take on Lipscomb – UK’s first game in a week – but after that, it’s another week off for more early morning conditioning sessions and afte...
by Eric Lindsey
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