Thursday Night Links

Not much going on in Wildcat land tonight. There were a few hits on your Kentucky Wildcats and Derby 135, though.

Rivals has released their updated team recruiting rankings for 2009. Kentucky comes in at #4. Needless to say if we land Wall or Bledsoe, we will be looking down on everyone.

The Bleacher Report has a nice feature on Kentucky called, "College Basketball Bailout: Restoring the Kentucky Wildcats". They reiterate that UK hasn't been a relevant program in 10+ years, and the hiring of one Coach Cal immediately gives us some "street cred."

That didn't take long. The Jodie Meeks Witness Nike t-shirts are available to pre-order. Sorry about that, the NCAA doesn't allow marketing/promotion of their amateur athletes. In that case, my t-shirt will be for Dwight Perry.

Everyone at the Courier-Journal gives their Derby picks, video style.

James Scully, of KentuckyDerby.com, has the bets you need to place for Derby 135, and the reasoning behind each pick.

Oh....my Derby pick is Papa Clem. Here is his bio. Probably be going off about 20/1 or 25/1. There will be some money on the board. Why not, right?