According to ESPN.com, Tubby Smith has left UK for Minnesota.

Tubby Smith is leaving Kentucky to take over the head coaching job at Minnesota, multiple sources told ESPN.com’s Andy Katz on Thursday.
Smith had four years remaining on his Kentucky contract.
Smith has met with Kentucky players and athletic director Mitch Barnhart. He is expected to fly to [...]

Uh, oh - UK’s in trouble. The basketball team lost to Georgia tonight after blowing a 17pt lead. This is on the heels of a loss to Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt? That’s three straight we’ve lost to Vandy - something’s definitely wrong. And this was supposed to be the easy portion of [...]

Woohoo! The UK football team won it’s first bowl game in 22 years today, beating Clemson 28-20 in the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl. Yes!

Yay!
ESPN.com - NCF - 2006-07 Bowl schedule
Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
Nashville, Tenn.
Clemson vs. Kentucky
Dec. 29, 1 p.m.

For the first time in I don’t know how long (well, 1999, actually), UK’s football team is BOWL ELIGIBLE! Their record improved to 6-4 today with a 38-26 win over Vanderbilt. A team needs 6 wins to even be considered for a bowl game, but even this doesn’t guarantee they’ll get an invite. [...]

UK 24, UGA 20

Happy birthday to me!

The University of Kentucky Men’s Basketball team has announced their non-conference schedule

Nov 02 - Lindsey Wilson (exh. at Lexington, KY)
Nov 06 - South Carolina Upstate (at Lexington, KY)
Nov 15 - Miami, Ohio (at Lexington, KY)
Nov 17 - Mississippi Valley State (at Lexington, KY)
Nov 20 - Maui Invitational
Nov 21 - Maui Invitational
Nov 22 - Maui [...]

The teams have been chosen for the The NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament. UK’s women’s team, who had a great year, are a fifth seed and have a first round matchup against Chattanooga on Saturday, March 18.
Yeah, that’s a higher seed than the men’s team, who have an 8 seed. [...]

Let the games begin! Last night was Kentucky’s Big Blue Madness, the party that signals the start of college basketball practice.
Read about it on ukahtletics.com and yahoo.com.
This is the start of my favorite time of year! Go Cats!

UKAthletics.com reports that UK has announced it’s 2005-06 men’s basketball non-conference schedule. High-profile games against North Carolina, Indiana, Louisville and Kansas are on the schedule, as well as the Guardian Classic Tournament in Kansas City, MO. My former school and 1998 NAIA Div 1 champ Georgetown College will face UK in an exhibition [...]