Kentucky Wildcats Basketball getting it done with defense

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As we reach this stage of the football season, you see other teams losing some of their commitments. Fortunately, the Kentucky 2015 class has stayed together during the five game losing streak, but other teams are not so lucky. Three star DT (per Rivals) Davon Hamilton is one of the players that have de-committed and are looking at Kentucky.

Defensive tackle DaVon Hamilton is back on the market again after the Pickerington Central three-star prospect announced he is decommitting from Pittsburgh.

Hamilton, 6-foot-4, 285-pounds, is coming off an impressive season and college recruiters have taken notice. One of the top defensive tackle prospects in Ohio, Hamilton also holds an offer from Kentucky, and several other schools are showing interest.

“DaVon has decommitted from Pittsburgh,” Damien Hamilton, the player’s father, announced Monday evening. “We are going to open things back up and take a fresh start to his recruitment. There are schools calling right now, and we are looking to set up visits with them right now.”

“This week DaVon will be at Ohio State on an unofficial visit for their game with Michigan,” he continued. “Kentucky has offered and they are high on his list. There are also schools from the ACC, SEC and Big Ten showing interest right now, and we just want to see what’s out there for him.”

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In the end, there is still plenty to play for for Kentucky Wildcats football as a bowl bid is on the line versus the Louisville Cardinals.  Hopefully a much needed bye week for the Kentucky Wildcats helped to prepare them for this rivalry game.  

”We’re playing our rival on the road for an opportunity to go to a bowl game. So it is what is.” Stoops said. ”We’ll prepare and be excited to go play, but there’s no reason to play tight and I don’t anticipate that. I’d like to see us play with that great passion that we did for most of the season.”

The Wildcats definitely need to begin with more intensity after digging early holes during its skid.

Kentucky has yielded at least 40 points and 423 yards in four of its five losses, including 113 points and 1,070 yards combined against Georgia and Tennessee. The offense has struggled as well, no surprise considering the Wildcats faced several Southeastern Conference contenders.
The docket left them tired and hurting and made last week’s bye timely for healing, recharging and getting back to fundamentals.

”You get so enamored with the X’s and O’s and assignments that you drift from some of the basics,” Stoops said. ”We obviously try not to. We constantly have individual (practice periods) in certain things, but it was good to spend more time with that last week.”

Kentucky will need everything against Louisville, which is playing well since blowing a three-touchdown lead and the game against Florida State.
The Cardinals enter on a high after topping the Fighting Irish behind a multi-pronged rushing attack and mobile freshman quarterback Reggie Bonnafon, who rushed for two touchdowns and threw for another for his third win in four starts this season.