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John Calipari talks to BiE about Kanter, FIBA ball, and the potential perfect season
BallinEurope’s Emmet Ryan spoke with John Calipari, coach of the currently unbeaten Kentucky Wildcats, in an exclusive interview for BiE. Coach Cal discussed Enes Kanter, his time with the Dominican Republic national team, and the current unbeaten run of his Wildcats this season with March Madness just around the corner. With a 584-174 record in […]
Kentucky’s Josh Harrellson plays Enes Kanter for a day
A brief note from University of Kentucky basketball land and an interesting trick from coach John Calipari’s tactical bag: At practice, the Wildcat coach “instructed the team to call Kentucky’s lone senior Josh Harrellson ‘Enes Kanter’ for last night and all day” in the leadup to the Kentucy-Ohio State NCAA tournament game on Friday night. […]
Bricks, snickers and root canals: The week in Twitter
BallinEurope thinks he’s in love … with Twitter. (Yes, BiE knows he’s behind the times for this relevation, but still.) And so, for no better reasons than idle amusement and trying to justify a bit too much time spent over on *that site*, BiE presents a look at some of the top basketball-related tweets of […]
Coach Calipari's last word on Enes Kanter
One last quickie this morning for y’all: Coach John Calipari has posted what is promised to be his final statement on Enes Kanter NCAA eligibility matter.
Kanter waits for NCAA decision; war of words heats up
With his son’s immediate-term basketball future at stake, Dr. Mehmet Kanter took his grievances about Fenerbahçe Ülker to American media last week. This morning, Fenerbahçe, in the person of general manager Nedim Karakas, fired back at prospective University of Kentucky big man Enes Kanter’s dad in the sports pages of this morning’s New York Times. […]
Calipari: Kanter “a great kid,” amateur; status still under review
While the NCAA Eligibility Center continues to review the case of Enes Kanter, whose reception of up to $150,000 in benefits from Turkish club Fenerbahçe Ülker may make him ineligible to play for the University of Kentucky in the 2010-11, team coach John Calipari offered a public show of support Thursday night. Calipari opined to […]