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Raised in Lexington, KY though high school, spent some time in the mid-Atlantic area for college and grad school (with some time back in Lex-town), now living and working in New York City for the past 8 years.

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UK vs. UConn at the Garden

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As we all know, our Cats will be travelling up here to New York to beat up on Calhoun's puppies at the "World's Most Famous Arena" on December 9th (game is at 9:00, preceded by St. John's vs. Georgia).

I just bought my tickets (www.thegarden.com) - sitting on the UK side, free throw line, 300 section - and I can't wait!

Here are the questions:

1)  How many of my fellow ASoBers will be in attendance?

2) Does any know if UK (or an alum association) will be planning any organized gathering spot for pre- or post-game libations/Husky baiting?

3) And if the answer to #1 is yes, and #2 is no, would there be any interest in organizing something through this site?  I may be willing to help with the logistics, if the interest is there. . .  


Respond as you will.

NYCCats

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Myles Brand passes away

Aged 67, pancreatic cancer. Condolences to the family (wife and son).

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Derby - Who ya got?

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Ok, people, not to tear everyone away from the minute-by-minute excitement that is John Wall's recruitment (insert sarcasm tag here), but there is a fairly important horse race happening tomorrow.  So, predictions must be made. 

Add your trifecta to the comments - winner gets. . . well, absolutely nothing, unless you went down to your friendly neighborhood OTB to place a wager.  But you do get unofficial ASoB horse-picking bragging rights.  So you've got that going for you, which is nice.

For review, the field is as follows:


Post Horse Trainer Jockey Odds
1 West Side Bernie Kelly Breen Stewart Elliott 30-1
2 Musket Man Derek Ryan Eibar Coa 20-1
3 Mr. Hot Stuff Eoin Harty John Velazquez 30-1
4 Advice Todd Pletcher Rene Douglas 30-1
5 Hold Me Back Bill Mott Kent Desormeaux 15-1
6 Friesan Fire Larry Jones Gabriel Saez 5-1
7 Papa Clem Gary Stute Rafael Bejarano 20-1
8 Mine That Bird Bennie Woolley Calvin Borel 50-1
9 Join in the Dance Todd Pletcher Chris DeCarlo 50-1
10 Regal Ransom Saeed bin Suroor Alan Garcia 30-1
11 Chocolate Candy Jerry Hollendorfer Mike Smith 20-1
12 General Quarters Tom McCarthy Julien Leparoux 20-1
13 I Want Revenge Jeff Mullins Joe Talamo 3-1
14 Atomic Rain Kelly Breen Joe Bravo 50-1
15 Dunkirk Todd Pletcher Edgar Prado 4-1
16 Pioneerof the Nile Bob Baffert Garrett Gomez 4-1
17 Summer Bird Tim Ice Chris Rosier 50-1
18 Nowhere to Hide Nick Zito Shaun Bridgmohan 50-1
19 Desert Party Saeed bin Suroor Ramon Dominguez 15-1
20 Flying Private D. Wayne Lukas Robby Albarado 50-1

My picks:

1 - I Want Revenge (13)

2 - Regal Ransom (10)

3 - Friesan Fire (6)

WHO YA GOT?

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The Impact of Double All-Americans

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There has been much recent (justified) chatter that UK may have two All-Americans on its team right now - Meeks and Patterson.  While individual accolades are nice, I'm sure all Kentucky fans are much more concerned with how the team does.  So how have teams that have had two All-Americans done where it matters the most - the NCAA tournament?

Let's look at the data.

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Was anyone watching ESPN2 at 9:47 pm on Thurs?

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Halftime of the St. Mary's-San Diego game.  They do the highlights of West Virginia's win at Georgetown and the host turns it over to Stephen Bardo for analysis.  Bardo's statement:  "Well, they basically itch-slapped Georgetown on their home floor."

That was not a typo - it definitely sounded like he said "itch-slapped."  Is this a term I am unaware of, or did ESPN censor out the "b"?  I've played it back numerous times, and I still can't tell.  If they had to censor him, ESPN will likely not be pleased.

Anybody else see it and hear what he actually said? 

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