While I wait through a rain delay at the NCAA Men’s Tennis Tournament at the Hilary J. Boone Tennis Complex, I thought I’d post a couple of notes from a slow Friday:
– A season after leading the Southeastern Conference in tackles, Danny Trevathan is up the preseason SEC Defensive Player of the Year in an ESPN SportsNation poll. Trevathan is one of five players in the voting but he needs your help. At the time of this post, Trevathan sat in third place with 17 percent of the votes, trailing Alabama’s Dont’a Hightower and Arkansas Jake Bequette. You can vote for Trevathan here.
– One final reminder to head out to Cliff Hagan Stadium Friday night if you can. Alex Meyer, a projected first-round MLB Draft pick, is making what could be his final home start of his collegiate career at 6:30 p.m. against Georgia. And if you can’t make it out, the game will be televised on the Big Blue Sports Network. The telecasts can be found on FSN South (Insight-Lexington channel 52) and in Central Kentucky on CWKYT-TV (Insight-Lexington channel 5). Here is an in-depth feature I wrote on Meyer on Thursday.
– Enes Kanter sat down with ESPN draft guru Chad Ford to talk about the draft process and what he’s doing to prepare for the pros: