[Moderated by Matt Jones]


Sometimes you just get a feeling that a big day is coming. I kind of have that feeling tonight. A combination of source leaks, the May 20 Signing day and some knowledge coming out of Raleigh makes me think that today could be a huge day in the John Wall saga. We have our friend Bomani telling us to watch Calipari’s plane tomorrow and see if that gives us any hints on what may be going on. We have some talk from Dave Kersey that the news is bad for UK….talk from some folks around UK that news will be good. But all seem to agree on one thing…..news is likely to come.
I admit to being tired of this whole saga. When I went out this weekend, I honestly wondered if my name had been changed to “Whats John Wall doing?”. But fans are interested and understandably so. This is the best player in America and potentially the final piece to a Final Four caliber team. Every thing I have heard in the past week has been positive for UK, but it is beyond clear that Wall’s AAU coach wants to see him somewhere besides Lexington. Who has won out? I dont think that is at all clear. But I have a sneaking suspicion we will know much more at this point on Tuesday night than we do now. We shall see.
And if not….well, it will just give us more things to get worked up about in the weeks ahead. More on Tuesday on Lebron the Cat, the new SEC and more UK fans to love.
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May 19th, 2009 at 1:08 am
I hope I am not first.
May 19th, 2009 at 1:08 am
Curse the luck.
May 19th, 2009 at 1:09 am
John, you’ll make millions without Clifton. Probably more without him siphoning off you. Come to UK!
May 19th, 2009 at 1:09 am
who is this dave kersey character?
May 19th, 2009 at 1:15 am
That leech needs to let the kid make his own decision. This isn’t even like Xavier Henry where his Mother (A FAMILY MEMBER) was an influence. Let the kid map his future, just be there to help him.
May 19th, 2009 at 1:17 am
Who is the John Wall character you speak of? Is he considering UK and is he any good? One last thing–Is Ritchie going to start tonight? I will take your answer off the air. Thanks and GO CATS!
May 19th, 2009 at 1:23 am
http://slamonline.com/online/college-hs/college/2009/05/breaking-news- john-wall-to-kentucky/
May 19th, 2009 at 1:23 am
I don’t know. I’ve never heard of this guy. What, was it John Wallace? Probably some low-level player from the New England area.
May 19th, 2009 at 1:24 am
Not sure how credible but seems like a good sign
May 19th, 2009 at 1:27 am
6 - Long time listener, first time caller…what? I should turn my radio down before calling?
May 19th, 2009 at 1:29 am
7 - I surely hope that is right. The kid was featured on the cover of that magazine a few months ago so I wouldn’t say that is total BS coming from them.
May 19th, 2009 at 1:30 am
the news from Dave Kersey is not bad news. How do you get that at all?
May 19th, 2009 at 1:32 am
I would put Slam as more reliable than MM and less than ESPN. It is hard not to feel a little more confident.
May 19th, 2009 at 1:34 am
so basically, Wall wants to come to UK, but Duke is paying his AAU coach large sums of money. Got it.
May 19th, 2009 at 1:38 am
“Sources tell SLAM that John Wall, the nation’s top high school point guard, committed to the University of Kentucky tonight. Wall picked Kentucky over Duke, Miami and Florida, among other schools. The 6-4 senior from Word of God in Raleigh, N.C., is viewed as the missing piece for new Wildcats coach John Calipari.”
May 19th, 2009 at 1:43 am
SLAM Magazine also came out with breaking news that “Demarcus Cousins has committed to Memphis”.
May 19th, 2009 at 1:44 am
7) It’s circulating.
May 19th, 2009 at 1:45 am
16 - Demarcus Cousins did commit to Memphis, right before Cal came to UK.
May 19th, 2009 at 1:46 am
18, that’s what I’m saying, SLAM is pretty credible.
May 19th, 2009 at 1:47 am
oh haha my bad..
May 19th, 2009 at 1:47 am
Catspause is eating this up.
May 19th, 2009 at 1:51 am
anyone watch the video at the end of that article…i’ve seem some of the other videos, but that one is pretty ridiculous…
May 19th, 2009 at 1:53 am
Wall is a freak, UK is final four bound if he comes, just imagine, if our 5star PG needs a break, we bring in our OTHER 5star PG. LOL!!!
May 19th, 2009 at 1:55 am
the article said he signed it tonight…. if thats the case, coach cal can be there tomorrow (plane tracker tease) to announce right?
May 19th, 2009 at 1:57 am
didn’t say he signed anything
May 19th, 2009 at 2:01 am
OMG … I believe!!!!!! Please let it be true!
I would also agree that Slam prolly wouldn’t release that without a credible word from someone.. BUT!! they could just be trying to break the story first.
If it is LIES! then I will burn them every chance I get like I do MM. Billy D is a recruitng machine….
What Billy D isn’t our coach???? “This is news to me” If you read TBK that is!!
May 19th, 2009 at 2:01 am
Calipari may actually be the Grand Poobah. Damn, now this is how one should recruit at Kentucky!
May 19th, 2009 at 2:01 am
Now Google News is linking the article:
http://news.google.com/news?q=john%20wall&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en- US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wn
Happy days are here again HELLF’NYEAH!!!!!!!!!!
May 19th, 2009 at 2:10 am
And another link -
http://twitter.com/jlee816
No idea who the hell Jimmy Thacker is, just want to keep ramping up excitement for those of us who have stayed up damn near all night hoping for something just like this….
May 19th, 2009 at 2:12 am
Matt, get your ass out of bed and start ringing phones in Raleigh - we NEED multiple confirmations ASAP
May 19th, 2009 at 2:14 am
http://kentucky.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=1383&tid=128397181&mid=1283 97181&sid=888&style=2
May 19th, 2009 at 2:14 am
Would have to be some truth to this for them to even release the article!! I can’t figure why they would write this without some kind of proof. JMO!
May 19th, 2009 at 2:14 am
its kinda hard to believe slam, at least for me since no other sources are confirming it, but this would make since for wall to make a decision this late, because im sure at these late hours clifton isnt with him talking into his ear about duke. He wanted to make a decision when clifton isnt by him
May 19th, 2009 at 2:14 am
he probably wanted the media to find out before clitfon did so clifton couldnt change his mind also
May 19th, 2009 at 2:17 am
HELL YEAH, WALL TO KENTUCKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
May 19th, 2009 at 2:17 am
28. Happy Days were already here with Coach Cal et al, but now they are halcyon days! Now pass the Whitman’s Sampler and the sweet tea (or whiskey sour if you so please)!
May 19th, 2009 at 2:19 am
34 - I apologize for things I’ve said to you before, that makes ALL KINDS of sense.
May 19th, 2009 at 2:19 am
34 - I apologize for things I’ve said to you before, that makes ALL KINDS of sense.
May 19th, 2009 at 2:19 am
Sorry for the double
May 19th, 2009 at 2:21 am
36. No doubt no doubt no doubt. God, the list of what I wouldn’t give right now for multiple confirmations extends only to my children and wife.(And we can talk about the wife….
May 19th, 2009 at 2:21 am
You think no one else is reporting this cause everyone else is in bed?
May 19th, 2009 at 2:25 am
this is reminding me of the patterson returning scroll that was on cbs
May 19th, 2009 at 2:26 am
shew i would love to see espn.com report it right about now
May 19th, 2009 at 2:27 am
41. That has to have something to do with it I would think. Somebody needs to be up ringing phones, maybe Slam posted the article this late so that wouldn’t happen.
42. Please don’t say that, that would SUCK!!!!
May 19th, 2009 at 2:28 am
44. but it turned out to be correct
May 19th, 2009 at 2:29 am
Slam’s source probably told them not to make this public until Tuesday. Not wanting to be scooped later today, Slam decided to post it just after midnight.
May 19th, 2009 at 2:34 am
31. Mod deleted that thread on RR
May 19th, 2009 at 2:38 am
somebody basically posted dave kersey premium info on wall. Didn’t think it was kentucky.
May 19th, 2009 at 2:40 am
I wonder what cal will put on twitter tomorrow
May 19th, 2009 at 2:42 am
when did dave kersey post that info orginally…wasn’t it before the release of this article?
May 19th, 2009 at 2:42 am
Yeah, I read that before it got deleted, course I believe he’s the same guy who along with mm was saying done deal on Donovan to UK, so forgive me if I don’t trust him very much….
May 19th, 2009 at 2:43 am
Tweet by Kentucky Sports Report http://twitter.com/myKSR1
May 19th, 2009 at 2:44 am
It said it was posted tonight, he said he hoped he was wrong, lol
May 19th, 2009 at 2:56 am
http://www.wtvq.com/news/4679-breaking-news-john-wall-to-kentucky.html
channel 36 has the link on their site.
May 19th, 2009 at 3:21 am
One question….how credible is Slamonline….honestly I never heard of them before 10 min ago?
May 19th, 2009 at 3:25 am
Slam is a basketball magazine that has been around for quite sometime; that’s about all i know…i’ve seen it on the magazine racks for as long as i can remember
May 19th, 2009 at 3:26 am
I am a grown man who has to work tomorrow, yet I cannot stop refreshing this page…must go to sleep…John Wall to UK…refresh…page…again…must sleep…refresh…
May 19th, 2009 at 3:27 am
lol, i know your plight
May 19th, 2009 at 3:28 am
…refresh…page…again…
May 19th, 2009 at 3:29 am
What about those of us in the eastern time zone. it’s even worse.
We’re all pooptooths???
May 19th, 2009 at 3:31 am
i think its safe to say, we will have to wait till morning to get anything new
May 19th, 2009 at 3:32 am
…and again…and again…and again…
May 19th, 2009 at 3:32 am
The “Great Wall” shirt is available
May 19th, 2009 at 3:36 am
zzzzzzzzzzzz
May 19th, 2009 at 3:38 am
While not my cup of tea, I’d say that Slam is exactly the kind of media that appeals to a lot of these recruits. I kind of think that it makes sense for them to get the story first.
May 19th, 2009 at 3:41 am
I’ve got 4 hours until I need to be up and at ‘em……….why do I have no interest in going to bed right now?
May 19th, 2009 at 3:49 am
You can all go to bed. If it were true, Bomini Jones would have woke Matt Jones up, Matt would have posted it and the site would be down right now. Tomorrow when you wake up, the site is down and there is a parade announced for Cal and Mitch you will then know it is certain. Now all resume what you were doing or go to bed.
May 19th, 2009 at 3:53 am
67- You’re probably right, but you should know better than to expect us to go to bed
May 19th, 2009 at 3:58 am
Three things…1) I’m going to bed now 6:15 is only 2 hrs away; 2) if this is some kinda joke, I’m gonna kill something…my dogs are already hiding; and 3) #67 you need to be told that you have the best name on this thread…G’nite!!!
May 19th, 2009 at 3:59 am
How can I go to bed when I’m bouncing off the WALLS?
May 19th, 2009 at 4:06 am
Balls to the Wall!
May 19th, 2009 at 4:08 am
If it’s true ESPN will be breaking this ASAP since they will won’t to get the early morning credit since many will not be aware of the overnight postings.
May 19th, 2009 at 4:20 am
Please pass the Bagels!
May 19th, 2009 at 4:21 am
im really glad im in LA right now
May 19th, 2009 at 4:22 am
67- is Bomani still up?
May 19th, 2009 at 4:23 am
74) Must be nice.
May 19th, 2009 at 4:24 am
Entire state of North Carolina has cried itself to sleep.
May 19th, 2009 at 4:25 am
#76 Seriously
May 19th, 2009 at 4:29 am
Anyone else still up? F*** sleep.. I’m not sleeping till I know if this is true. Lol
May 19th, 2009 at 4:31 am
We may be up for awhile but I think we’ll be hearing something solid in the next couple of hours.
May 19th, 2009 at 4:31 am
i hope this is worth it because i called into work about 10 mins ago lol
May 19th, 2009 at 4:34 am
LOL
May 19th, 2009 at 4:34 am
A day of reckoning???
Matt: “Hey Bomani, is Wall going to Kentucky?”
Bomani: “I reckon…”
May 19th, 2009 at 4:36 am
hmm learn that wall has really commited to kentucky…
or go back into the coal mines??
i think ive done the right thing lol
May 19th, 2009 at 4:36 am
76 & 78-it is very nice right now, but if this turns out to be true im going to very upset that im not back home out at two keys come tuesday or wednesday night
May 19th, 2009 at 4:37 am
#81 Lol
Your name is appropriate then. So is mine /*evil grin*
May 19th, 2009 at 4:38 am
#83 If Bomani ever said ” reckon ” I’m sure he would kill himself promptly lol
May 19th, 2009 at 4:40 am
87, you ever actually understand a Bomani Jones tweet? I mean, they are impossible to figure out what the hell that guy is talking about. I thought he was one of those windtalkers for about a month.
May 19th, 2009 at 4:40 am
lol #86
he1l looks like we might be here for a couple of hours might as well make conversation..so were ya from #86?
May 19th, 2009 at 4:42 am
#89 Nicholasville 10-15 mins from Rupp I love it.
It is friggin cold here.
May 19th, 2009 at 4:43 am
#88 “I thought he was one of those windtalkers for about a month”
LMAO
May 19th, 2009 at 4:43 am
must be nice #90
im about 3 hours away
Pike County
May 19th, 2009 at 4:45 am
You’re a coal miner then? Must be rollin in dough bro.
May 19th, 2009 at 4:45 am
So shall we start a pool on what time something real breaks. I want 9 am.
May 19th, 2009 at 4:46 am
You in the Sidney area (Massey)? 92)
May 19th, 2009 at 4:47 am
ahh about $26/hr but hel1 half of the mines around here
are starting to shut down..its nice right now but i might
be out of a job soon
May 19th, 2009 at 4:48 am
no Excel #95
my dad worked over there for about a year
May 19th, 2009 at 4:48 am
WLEX has a crawl and was referring to Wall but I missed the first part.
May 19th, 2009 at 4:49 am
#94 I’m down for 8:37
May 19th, 2009 at 4:49 am
We get alot of coal from up that way but nothing frm Excel.
May 19th, 2009 at 4:50 am
99) I thinkthat might be better with some of the early morning news discussion.
May 19th, 2009 at 4:50 am
im thinking Cal will be gettin up around 7..heading out the door around 7:25..in NC by 9:15 lol
May 19th, 2009 at 4:51 am
I wonder if he’s still in Pittsburgh.
May 19th, 2009 at 4:56 am
I need a root canal and have severe pain atm ! Sittin here wishin I had som percs… I know I know… I’m bad LoL I need to get to the ortho asap.
/pain rant
May 19th, 2009 at 4:57 am
I haven’t checked Cal’s twitter tonigth but I read that he posted that he was heading back to Lexington last night.
May 19th, 2009 at 4:57 am
Ok I didn’t really know what a root canal was, I’m looking at google images. OMG I don’t know if I can handle that lol
May 19th, 2009 at 4:58 am
wymt news comes on in 15 mins ..hopeing they say something lol
May 19th, 2009 at 5:01 am
Their crawl was just cut off as it started to come back around about Wall. Stated that true blue fans were waking to some good news though not official. That is all per WLEX.
May 19th, 2009 at 5:02 am
106) Good luck.
May 19th, 2009 at 5:02 am
Oh crap. I can’t get any sleep. Just tossing and turning. So I’m back to refreshing this page.
May 19th, 2009 at 5:02 am
http://insider.espn.go.com/ncb/recruiting/tracker/player?recruitId=522 42&season=2009&action=upsell&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go. com%2fncb%2frecruiting%2ftracker%2fplayer%3frecruitId%3d52242%26season %3d2009
how long has wall had us #1 ??
i havent looked at this in a long time
May 19th, 2009 at 5:03 am
WTVQ sports appeared to be taped and only UK BB discussion was pertaining to the opening game with Morehead.
May 19th, 2009 at 5:04 am
last person i remember putting us #1 on that thing was cousins and he commited a few days later so….
May 19th, 2009 at 5:05 am
WLEX getting ready to cover it when they come back. Used that has their headline as they went to commercial. Stating Huge UK news this morning.
May 19th, 2009 at 5:05 am
Not sure 111)
May 19th, 2009 at 5:06 am
LEX18 Just said Huge Basketball News.. I’m sure they’re gonna say it’s just a rumor tho.
May 19th, 2009 at 5:07 am
Will someone please go to Matt Jones’ house and wake that young man up? If we can’t sleep, neither should he.
May 19th, 2009 at 5:07 am
On now WLEX.
May 19th, 2009 at 5:08 am
Just stating the same from slamonline.com.
May 19th, 2009 at 5:08 am
thanks for letting us know
it suxs living 3 hours away
if it wasnt for u guys i wouldnt know what was going on half the time lol
May 19th, 2009 at 5:12 am
I just want one of the big boys to call it.
May 19th, 2009 at 5:13 am
I’m in East Ky with you just have good cable.
May 19th, 2009 at 5:16 am
the only reason i get to watch Uk is because of a package i buy with my direct tv
and had to buy tivo to tape some of the games because of work lol
May 19th, 2009 at 5:17 am
Holy F***ing crap…we are SO LOADED. I’m sorry, but coach there are expectations now…and if we are playing our best ball in March, then I’m putting the house on the Cats! GO BIG BLUE!!!!!
May 19th, 2009 at 5:17 am
I know what you mean there.
May 19th, 2009 at 5:22 am
This could be great news, but have a tough time believing anything until Cal says we’ve got our man and are through recruitimg this year. If it’s true what a great recruiting class..GO CATS
May 19th, 2009 at 5:23 am
Falling asleep here be checking in thru the morning.
May 19th, 2009 at 5:23 am
shew cal needs to wake his a$$ up a send a tweet telling us he is heading to Nc lol
May 19th, 2009 at 5:23 am
Here is the website that tracks air flights. This is Coach Cal’s plane. http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N808WA
May 19th, 2009 at 5:26 am
anyone still kicking ?? lol
May 19th, 2009 at 5:28 am
John Wall needs to learn how to play defense.
May 19th, 2009 at 5:30 am
this is awesomeness and bliss on a not so sunny vacation. Thanks God!
May 19th, 2009 at 5:30 am
Is taking the theme from McDonalds, Im Loving It!
May 19th, 2009 at 5:31 am
131 - Wall has been a cat for a few minutes, hasn’t played a minute, and already has a critic. lol
May 19th, 2009 at 5:31 am
131, they dont play defense in the NBA, and thats where Wall is headed after 1 year, sooooo.
May 19th, 2009 at 5:32 am
Anyone notice that the log time of these comments is off about 20 minutes? Funny what you notice after refreshing a few million times.
May 19th, 2009 at 5:34 am
#135 The Lakers shut people down, when they feel like it.
Kobe 16′
May 19th, 2009 at 5:35 am
well Wymt didnt mention anything
May 19th, 2009 at 5:36 am
Can’t wait to hand Bruce Pearl his butt,
Make Donovan regret not taking the job,
burying vandy under 30 points,
Cutting down nets in SEC tourney,
Anything else is icing on a big blue cake.
Oh, and slaughter UNC at Rupp. Go Cats!
May 19th, 2009 at 5:37 am
If SLAM is wrong, this really sucks. We need someone else to report it!.
May 19th, 2009 at 5:37 am
God why is it soo cold..
May 19th, 2009 at 5:39 am
Global warming is NOT working atm.
Oh yeah and chick on WLEX bouncing around, “very nice”
May 19th, 2009 at 5:39 am
yea its freezing here
well its 43 degrees but thats a big change from 75-80 like it has been around here
May 19th, 2009 at 5:50 am
What’s the latest reports from the Lexington TV stations?
May 19th, 2009 at 5:50 am
cold in Destin too. But it could snow today, and I’d be fine with that.
May 19th, 2009 at 5:53 am
you all are great. been reading your comments for the last few hours on my phone. Now you know I love ya but like its been said already…someone wake matts butt up. we need some updates
May 19th, 2009 at 5:55 am
WKYT is saying a big committment for the cats (according to SLAM magazine) but still not confirmed by the university.
May 19th, 2009 at 5:55 am
dude if i knew were the man lived i would prolly drive up there and knock and knock until he woke his as$ up lol
May 19th, 2009 at 5:56 am
Barbara Bailey has lost a bit of her luster.
May 19th, 2009 at 5:58 am
#149 Dia Davidson ftw IMO.
May 19th, 2009 at 5:58 am
149 - her luster has turned to lustard. lol
May 19th, 2009 at 6:00 am
nothing is solid until Kige reports on YouTube Sports.
May 19th, 2009 at 6:02 am
go kige..did anyone see him try to hit a golf ball the other day…that was something special
May 19th, 2009 at 6:03 am
152-his bicycle safety video was classic. Said kids need a horn on the bike that can be heard 20 miles away. My man Kige.
May 19th, 2009 at 6:04 am
Wake up, Matt.
May 19th, 2009 at 6:04 am
Does anyone know why Andy Katz is getting all the UK coverage lately and not Pat Forde.
May 19th, 2009 at 6:05 am
One reason I’m optimistic:
Wall’s camp has shot down every rumor in record time…………….not this one, yet.
May 19th, 2009 at 6:10 am
Bomani says its legit. ITS OVER GUYS. WE GOT WALL!!!
http://twitter.com/bomani_jones
May 19th, 2009 at 6:12 am
Matt is probably having dreams of that Attorney General chick in the Clinton Admin. You know, the one that he danced with that time. OK, I’ll say what you all are thinking: he’s having wet dreams about her. To the rest of us, she would give us nightmares.
May 19th, 2009 at 6:12 am
thanks #158
May 19th, 2009 at 6:14 am
Well, rrrrraaaaaiiiise my rent… Best… Bomani… Tweet… Ever…
May 19th, 2009 at 6:14 am
Bomani, you da man
May 19th, 2009 at 6:16 am
Wake up, Kentucky. Its time to par-tay!
May 19th, 2009 at 6:17 am
i dunno how much longer i can make it lol
ive been up 22 hours now..but i wanna see it on espn so bad
May 19th, 2009 at 6:18 am
I’d rather have seen it from Bomani. Thats solid confirmation right there.
May 19th, 2009 at 6:19 am
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
May 19th, 2009 at 6:21 am
i know but its gonna be great seeing kentucky as a topic on espn/espn news
May 19th, 2009 at 6:24 am
Wall To Kentucky
Published by BomaniJones on May 19, 2009 in ACC Hoops. 0 Comments
As first reported by Slam Magazine, 620 The Bull has learned John Wall will attend the University of Kentucky this fall. The more rabid among you — hello, Big Blue!!! — that like to check flight trackers should look for John Calipari to head to Raleigh today or tomorrow.
http://www.850thebuzz.com/blog/
May 19th, 2009 at 6:27 am
Yeahyay Bomani confirmation up in dis bi*** !
May 19th, 2009 at 6:29 am
WALL GOT LOOSE!!!!!
May 19th, 2009 at 6:40 am
John Wall’s Facebook away Message as of last night
John Wall- loves baked cheetos. they are really good..kinda like UK is going to be this year in basketball.
May 19th, 2009 at 6:46 am
hmmm. i want to know more. more links. did everyone besides me get off here?
May 19th, 2009 at 6:47 am
id like to have more links to 172
and id like to see it on tv lol
May 19th, 2009 at 6:50 am
yessir, why would rivals, scouts, espn, or any of them not have this yet if its 100%. THIS IS HUGE NEWS, even for non-UK fans
May 19th, 2009 at 6:51 am
With the addition of Wall, depending what site you prefer UK’s 2009-10 Recruiting Class looks like this… ***************************
Go Cats
May 19th, 2009 at 6:53 am
ive been watching mike and mike in the morning and there not talking about it yet ..i really dont understand y its not on any big website yet..u would figure espn would be all over it ?
May 19th, 2009 at 6:58 am
ESPN won’t confirm it until other sources do. But this is amazing. I figured SLAM had no reason to randomlay post this. Think if Patterson returning. CBS reported it the night before anyone else but it happened. Once one source confirms, all the others jump on it. Wall is here now? Wow… I thought it was coming but wow. After two long months and 3 disatrous years, we’re gonna be okay. It’s like waking up and being told your rid of cancer.
May 19th, 2009 at 7:01 am
I keep waiting for Ashton Kutcher(Calipari follows him on Tweeter) to come in & say, you got punked & he signs with Duke or Miami….or even worse UNC. We need to get his signature on the LOI ….NOW !
May 19th, 2009 at 7:57 am
That’s what I’m thinking #178 I want Cals twitter!
May 19th, 2009 at 8:03 am
171 Nice