This morning UK Athletics got the ball rolling on what is going to be a great week for university. First, 2015 2014 recruit Karl Towns announced what college he had decided to attend and to no ones surprise, it was the University of Kentucky. Towns chose UK over, well it doesn’t matter, because as soon as UK was named on his list, it was all over. Coach Calipari had the unique opportunity to coach Towns, a 6-11 sophomore, when he played for the Dominican Republic team that attempted to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics. Towns has already played in Rupp Arena (as part of the DR team) so he will be somewhat familiar with his surroundings once he arrives on campus. Calipari continues to wave his magic wand, the one he claims doesn’t exist, and has signed 3 number 1 recruits since winning the national championship in April. The man is amazing.

Moving on to football, which has to be entirely new for any UK fan to hear on December 4th. There are rumors that are looking like true-mors regarding the staff that Coach Stoops is assembling for next season:

A trusted source has informed me #TexasTech O.C. Neal Brown to Kentucky is a done deal, but won't be official until tomorrow — Landon Wright (@Coach_LW) December 4, 2012

As I have been saying for well over a week, Neal Brown to UK. Been in the works for a while. — Bleed Blue Kentucky (@BBK_Aaron) December 4, 2012

Looks like Stoops wasn’t joking when he said that UK wouldn’t take a backseat to anyone in the SEC. Brown is from Danville, and was a WR at UK under Hal Mummer before transferring to Massachusetts. He worked his way through the ranks and became the youngest offensive coordinator in the country when he was promoted in 2007 at Troy. He currently serves as the OC for Texas Tech. Having Neal Brown come back to Lexington and bring his high power offense with him would be great for Coach Stoops and the Wildcats. It would enable Stoops to focus solely on the defense while trusting the offense is in good hands with Brown. If this deal gets done, we could be looking at a miraculous turnaround next season in Commonwealth Stadium.

The roundball Cats have what should be an easy contest tonight against Samford, so look for the post game analysis tomorrow morning or late tonight.