Tuesday Morning Notes

Gomez here...

A few notes to get our day started here...

:: Tonight, Matthew Mitchell and his Wildcats are going for the program's first Final Four at 8:00 PM CST, and the game can be seen on ESPN. If you haven't watched this year's UK Hoops team, you should. They're an extremely fun team to watch, and they really get after it on both ends of the court. Tune in tonight and root on these young ladies as they try to make history.

:: On Mike and Mike this morning, Greenie said that Oregon has offered Tubby Smith their head coaching job but Tubby hasn't accepted the job, or even said how interested he might be. Some close to Tubby seem to think he'll stay at Minnesota. Tom Izzo is also on the Oregon wish list, but no one really thinks they have a shot at him, which might be why they're making a run at Tubby. However, rumor has it that Oregon boosters are piling up the cash for Izzo, so you'd think he has to at least listen to the offer. If he were to take the job, he would replace our own Coach Cal as the highest paid coach in America... somewhere around $4.5 million a year.

:: Meanwhile, Billy G is still in the running for the Houston job and has interviewed there a couple of times already. As the coaching carousel continues to swing this off-season, more and more jobs will continue to open up, so it'll be interesting to see where these guys end up, if anywhere at all. At the very least we know Tubby already has a job, but whether or not Clyde gets another chance to coach this quickly remains to be seen. Of course, this really doesn't have any bearing on the UK program, but its something to pass the time with, nonetheless.

:: Of course, what everyone in Kentucky really wants to know is who will stay and who will go from this year's Kentucky team. Unfortunately, we have no new news, and anything we report at this point would be pure guess work. So, we're just going to say hang on for a few more days, and we're sure the announcements will start trickling out. Yesterday, Cole Aldrich of Kansas, Manny Harris of Michigan, and Herb Pope of Seton Hall announced their intentions to enter the NBA draft this summer, so it's just a matter of time before other names join the growing list of departures to the next level.

:: Still no confirming announcements from the recruiting trail either. Kentucky still remains in the mix for Brandon Knight, CJ Leslie, Terrence Jones, Doron Lamb and Josh Selby, and all of these kids still have Kentucky on their short list. They will join Stacey Poole and Enes Kanter if they decide to become a Wildcat, and would also help Kentucky to back-to-back top 5 recruiting classes. If we do have the mass exodus that most people expect, the ole' cliche will once again be in order for Big Blue Nation: With Cal, we don't rebuild... we just reload.

Well that's all for now, folks. Stay tuned for more news and views throughout the day.

GO BIG BLUE!