Kentucky Roundup: Momcilovic and Strack on Player of the Year Watch, Alston Picks LSU, Bishop Expected Back for Tennessee

Thursday brought national love for two of Kentucky's best, one recruiting miss, and a look ahead to Neyland.

Start with the hardware chatter. KSR reports Milan Momcilovic and Clara Strack are National Player of the Year candidates, and UK Athletics confirms Strack is on the Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy Women's College Player of the Year watch list. Momcilovic already made the Coaches' Preseason All-SEC team, and we've got that story here.

The recruiting news stings. KSR says five-star point guard Reese Alston committed to LSU, with Kentucky, Louisville and others also in the mix for him, per Bleacher Report. That's two big misses in two days.

Want to know what the exhibitions told us? On3 digs into what the stats suggest from UK's two tune-ups before the games start counting.

On the football side, the open week is here, but Tennessee is already loading up. KSR reports the Vols expect star running back DeSean Bishop to return against Kentucky. Our what's next look at Tennessee has the details.

Around the Blue: BVM Sports has the match highlights from No. 4 Kentucky volleyball against No. 9 Tennessee.

Our Take: recruiting misses hurt, but having two Player of the Year names on one campus is a good problem. Go Cats!