It starts tonight…

November 13, 2009

Finally, after the craziest offseason (probably) ever in UK basketball history, the regular season debuts tonight on ESPNU against Morehead State (from Morehead, KY).

It was an offseason that started with a loss to Notre Dame in the NIT (what?) and included Gillispie fired, Calipari hired, Patterson coming back, Jodie leaving, Bledsoe signing, Cousins signing, Wall signing, Orton signing, Gillispie lawsuit, Gillispie DUI, Gillispie settlement, Lebron visiting Lexington, Wall eligibility questioning, Wall eligibility confirmed (although he has to sit out tonight against Morehead, lucky for them).

I’ve actually become more of a UK fan in the past 4 years than any. In the past, an SEC championship was given, and a trip to the final four wasn’t unheard of. We surprisingly made the NIT last year. I sat and suffered through every game, and some of my friends who always hated UK during the late 90s were able to become casual fans and somewhat feel my pain. Now it’s back to hate, hate, hate for them and I couldn’t be more excited.

How excited am I ? Probably somewhere between these two young fellas:

Uhh, he goes nuts at 0:22.