In Monday's Newsstand you'll get lots of football recruiting news, with UK's spring game approaching, as well as more on John Calipari's efforts to bolster the Cats' backcourt in the 2017-18 season.
Content from Cats Illustrated
RECRUITING: Florida athlete will visit on Friday, says Cats are surging. CatsIllustrated.com touched base with a talented athlete from Darin Hinshaw's recruiting territory.
RECRUITING: Offer Analysis: Jemarl Baker. CatsIllustrated.com breaks down the significance of John Calipari's offer to the four-star California guard.
RECRUITING: The latest on four-star guard Mark Smith. Two brief Sunday updates on the four-star guard from Edwardsville, Ill.
RECRUITING: Wake Forest lands Georgia DB Peyton Woulard. Kentucky had just recently offered.
Top discussion topics
House of Blue: Rivals100 ATH Blue Smith will attend spring game
House of Blue: Xavier Peters and Tyler Bentley update
House of Blue: The plan at tight end
House of Blue: Devonte Graham will return to Kansas
House of Blue: Update on Bamba, Knox and other top targets
Rupp Rafters: LeBron and Cavs criticize referees
Rupp Rafters: Twitter chatter on Mark Smith
Rupp Rafters: Liggins released
Rupp Rafters: Bob Ryan blasts UNC on Sports Reporters
Rupp Rafters: What do you expect from Wenyen Gabriel next season?
You said it
"He's definitely going to help us this year, but he's still a high school player coming into big time football so I hope fans don't expect too much too soon."
LINK: Deeeefense on Lynn Bowden's freshman year
"In hindsight, playing unc in a home game was as good a situation or better than playing gonzaga out West. Playing Wichita sucked... that's the one they screwed up. I think our 1 and 3 seed were fair. Thought they were before and in hindsight. I would have liked to have gone out east to NYC but then we get stuck with 2 other sec teams. The Midwest would have been awful as it would have been a home game for Kansas... but the Wichita deal was a screw up. But they are to blame (Wichita) for such a bad schedule. Now that they are in the aac that is less likely to happen."
LINK: goukcatsgo on UK's 2017 tournament draw
"Stoops and Marrow REALLY need to land these three. At least on paper, would be the out-of-state equivalent to landing Jackson, Young, and Daniels in the same class. Serious difference makers needed to win in the SEC."
LINK: ukalumni00 on Blue Smith, Xavier Peters and Tyler Bentley
"Frankly, Knox would be at the end of my list. It seems like we have a couple of guys like him and we need true guards. (is he that much better than Vanderbilt and Gabriel?) I would also prefer Johnson over Knox because he would add some maturity and a guy who has performed well in big time environments and is a very good outside shot. Of course, I have never coached basketball so there's that too.
Bamba is a no brainer."
Content from elsewhere
BASEBALL: Mississippi State takes series against Kentucky with 10-6 win
BASKETBALL: Labissiere flashes immense talent as he works to make draft experts look foolish
FOOTBALL: Top signee Lynn Bowden not focused on comparisons: 'I can only be me'
FOOTBALL: Each SEC team's most prestigious win since 2007
FOOTBALL: First weekend of SEC spring games reveal starting QB battles
NBA highlights from Sunday
Skal Labissiere continues to perform at a higher level than anyone anticipated with the first-year former Wildcat dropping in 25 points for the Kings in a seven-point home loss to the Rockets.
The Lakers edged the T-Wolves by one point in Los Angeles, 110-109, but Karl-Anthony Towns had a monster 40-point, 21-rebound game.
