UK's Madness change shouldn't be issue

Coaches board acting ridiculous to get all up in arms about Gillispie's move Kentucky coach Billy Gillispie decided to use the NCAA's offseason workout rules to facilitate conducting the Wildcats' annual Big Blue Madness celebration early. Midnight Madness comes early at Kentucky this year. It'll start before midnight: 10:30 p.m. It'll start before madness, too: this Friday, a week before most college programs hold their events to coincide with the official, NCAA-approved Oct. 17 start date for basketball practice. UK decided to use the NCAA's offseason workout rules to facilitate conducting the Wildcats' annual Big Blue Madness celebration early. This ploy makes it possible for more prospects to attend Kentucky's session and for the coaching staff to get the whole thing over with and move on to the actual business of... [read full story]