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Articles, Kentucky

When No. 1 Kentucky faces No. 2 Michigan State Tuesday night in Chicago, Wildcats coach John Calipari expects stud freshman Julius Randle to be double-teamed.

“They are going to double-team him and they are going to be really physical,” Calipari said Monday. “They are going to sag and make him take jumpers.”

Why not double-team Randle?

The 6-foot-9 freshman picked up SEC Player of the Week honors Monday after averaging 22.5 points and 15 rebounds in the team’s first two games.

Articles, Kentucky, Michigan State

No. 1 Kentucky has forfeited its game against No. 2 Michigan State set for Tuesday night in Chicago.

Well, not really.

But Kentucky coach John Calipari joked about his exchange with MSU coach Tom Izzo regarding that possibility.

“I text[ed] him and I said, ‘I officially forfeit the game so you can go to Chicago and shop. We’re not very good right now,'” Calipari said after his top-ranked team beat Northern Kentucky, 93-63.

Articles, Seton Hall

Seton Hall never really had a true point guard last season, when injuries plagued the team and they stumbled to a 15-18 record, 3-15 in the Big East.

But now head coach Kevin Willard has a true point guard in Texas transfer Sterling Gibbs, and he did not disappoint in his season debut.

The 6-foot-2 former Seton Hall Prep standout went for 23 points, including 17 foul shots, as Seton Hall won its season-opener, a bizarre foul-plagued affair won by the Pirates, 83-72, over Niagara. There were 73 fouls called in the game.

“He did a good job, really came in and understood what was going on and took advantage of it,” Willard said, according to Jerry Carino of Gannett New Jersey. “It’s nice to have him on the floor.”

Articles, Lance Stephenson

By MOKE HAMILTON

Special to ZAGSBLOG

NEW YORK — Lance Stephenson returned home to Brooklyn Saturday night, but ultimately the man known as “Born Ready” wants to remain in Indiana.

The former Lincoln High School star is in the final year of a deal paying him slightly less than $1 million and will become a free agent next summer.

The way he’s been playing, he should be in for a big payday, too.

“I wouldn’t want to leave a good team like this. I definitely would love to come back,” Stephenson said, via USA Today. “I just love the city. I love the team. I love who I play with and I feel like we’re a young group and I think we should stick together.”

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