Bud Mackey’s plea: Not guilty
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007C. Ray Hall of the Louisville Courier-Journal reports from Georgetown, Kentucky:
One of Kentucky’s top high school basketball players plead not guilty to felony drug charges today in District Court. Jonathan “Bud” Mackey, a 6-foot-4 senior guard at Scott County High School, faces two charges: trafficking in a controlled substance — cocaine — and trafficking in […]
Katz: IU to withdraw Mackey offer regardless of outcome in court
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007It’s been quiet on the Bud Mackey front these past two days, but now ESPN.com basketball columnist Andy Katz is reporting that IU will withdraw its offer to the Scott County standout regardless of how everything shakes out in court.
Expect Indiana to privately cut loose committed recruit Bud Mackey in the coming days or […]
Report: Bud Mackey brought crack to school in his shoe; admits to delivering it
Monday, October 1st, 2007Some more details have fluttered out about promising IU recruit turned Just Another Sad Story Bud Mackey. And, it looks as if he’s admitted to school administrators he was delivering the crack cocaine he was caught with to someone.
According to an arrest report, Jonathan “Bud” Mackey, 18, entered Scott County High School with 1.6 grams […]
Vitale on IU, Eric Gordon and the Mackey situation
Monday, October 1st, 2007I caught ESPN’s Dick Vitale on the radio this afternoon with the Zonebusters on 1570-AM in Louisville and here’s what the Vitale Bald Dome Index (VBDI) had to say about IU, Eric Gordon and the Bud Mackey situation:
“Eric Gordon, I think could be the guy on the perimeter like Kevin Durant. I think he’s going […]
What to do with a problem like Bud
Sunday, September 30th, 2007Like any good, crazed IU fan, the first thing that ran through this head after hearing that Bud Mackey had been arrested with crack in his backpack was “Well, there goes that.” (OK, that was the second thing; the first thing was: “Man, crack? Not even, like, ecstasy or something? Seriously? Crack?”) The immediate reaction […]
Bud Mackey arrested on drug charges
Friday, September 28th, 2007(9/30, 6 PM Update: The Georgetown News-Graphic has details on Mackey from his high school coach, Billy Hicks)
(9/30, 9 AM Update: The Georgetown News-Graphic, Mackey’s hometown newspaper, provides details on the charges.)
(9/29, Noon Update: The Herald Times in Bloomington reports that Mackey was released on $10,000 cash bond and has a hearing scheduled for October […]
Ebanks, Mackey land in Rise Magazine Top 50
Monday, September 24th, 2007Rise Magazine recently announced their list of the top 50 players in the class of 2008. And luckily for Hoosier fans, there’s some IU flavor prominently displayed.
Devin Ebanks checks in as the No. 15 player in the class and Bud Mackey is the No. 41 player.
Washington (IN) big man Tyler Zeller, who visited IU this […]
