With Kobayashi, world-class eating champion, at Carnegie Deli. Found an Orange Leaf in NYC afterwards. Guess what they had? Yup, Red Velvet Cake.

Ryan and Julius both practiced yesterday and will play tonight. I’m happy that we’re full strength. I was a little worried that we were going to go in light.

Just so there is no confusion on what times you can watch a replay of the second episode of ESPN's "All-Access Kentucky" series, you can find the full list of dates and times at the link below. There is also some exclusive video footage at that link that was provided by ESPN. Some of it you won't see in tonight's episode. -- CoachCal.com staff

So happy that just about all of the '96 team was able to come back and receive rings last night. The way that team sacrificed for each other was incredible. It's a bunch of great guys who still meet and talk to each other today. They never changed who they are, and I'm just glad we could honor their achievement even if they did knock my UMass team out of the Final Four that year.

Have a few thoughts on the ridiculousness of people calling this the best recruiting class ever that I want to share with the Big Blue Nation.

Had a few things that I wanted to share with the Big Blue Nation today on how to coach young players and a rumor out there.

Lane Goodwin's father is going to be on our bench tonight as an assistant coach. Make sure you give George a thumbs up when you see him tonight.

We are an hour away from the "Rebounding from Sandy" telethon, but you can bid on our online auction items now at http://www.auctiva.com/stores/viewstore2.aspx?id=1750121&styleid=12&siteid=0. The drawing for the signed Harley-Davidson motorcycle from Man O' War Harley-Davidson can be found at http://www.coachcal.com/hogwild/. We are about to head to WKYT now to start the telethon at 7. I hope we show everyone the #BBNCares. If you are outside of the viewing area, you can watch a live stream at the link below.

I want to thank everyone who came back for tonight's Madness to help us re-raise the banners. Part of tonight was to celebrate a new season and a national championship, but more than that, we were there to celebrate the tradition of this program. By the way, can you believe what Matthew did again? If we're in a dance contest, we're winning. Now I'm ready to coach my basketball team.

Check out the link for a full photo gallery of our stop in Campton today to work with Samaritan's Feet.

Sorry it's taken a little bit, but we finally shot new episodes of the Mailbag where I answer questions from you. In the latest one, I answer why I won't let Archie shoot layups in practice, whether or not this has been my hardest coaching year to get guys to buy in and an update on Twany. We will have another one next week.

I hope the Big Blue Nation knows how hard we are working in practice. We have a long ways to go still, but our guys are being held accountable. You won't notice an immediate difference from Camp Cal, but come January or February you should start to see signs of our improvement.

Really enjoyed seeing John Wall back on the court tonight in person. He was really aggressive and tough. He really used his speed for his teammates. He finished with 21 points and nine assists in a win. Also had a chance to spend time with Marcus Camby prior to the game. Great to see one of my old ones and one of my young ones. I'll be at the National Prayer Breakfast in D.C. tomorrow as Congressman Hal Rogers' guest. I’ll make sure to say a blessing for the Big Blue Nation.

Big Blue Nation, I need your help. Help me raise $100,000 for my foundation by voting in the Infiniti Coaches' Charity Challenge. The money is going towards a great cause no matter who you vote for, but I hope we can rally the Big Blue Nation and help make an impact on people and communities in need. Vote at espn.com/infiniti.

Congratulations to Nerlens, Kyle and all of our SEC award winners. All of our guys have improved individually as the season has worn on.

My daughter Erin did so well on the radio a couple weeks ago that I let her fill in for me on this week's Mailbag. Hope the Big Blue Nation enjoys.

Boo-ya!

Heard our guys had some fun handing out pizza tonight. Wish I could have been there tonight, Big Blue Nation.

I only let certain people wear this ring. Miss Kentucky is one of them.

Had a surprise visitor to the office tonight. Anthony Davis stopped by while I was watching film.

With some of the Rupp Arena staff after the game. Thanks for making it the best arena in college basketball.

Congrats to Willie for winning SEC Freshman of the Week honors. Love how much effort Willie has been putting in at practice. He constantly asks what his heart rate is in practice so he can raise his exertion level.

Just had an unbelievable time at the Women's Clinic. We had a record 612 women show up. It gets bigger every year. I want to thank Nancy Lieberman for attending and putting on one heck of a show. Nancy is one of the greats. We took them through some drills, had a fashion show and even showed them our recruiting video. I told them to to tell no one what they saw. Also want to thank Jennifer Palumbo and our guys for doing the fashion show again. It's always one of the highlights of our Women's Clinic. We will have a full photo gallery on my website in just a little bit.

You won't want to miss this week's episode of the Mailbag. Coach Cal talks about Camp Cal, his team's lack of communication and his favorite Christmas tradition of re-gifting. -- CoachCal.com staff

To all my QFive followers, just want to apologize for my recent absence. I'm back on here and ready to go. Want to share with you one of my Mailbags we shot last week and explain why I have a picture of Abraham Lincoln behind my desk.

I think what most people don't realize is that BBN has TWO stud 7 footers in the line-up for next season...yikes!