NIT to Number One?

Here in Lexington, Kentucky nothing is bigger than the University of Kentucky's Men's Basketball team. After the firing of former head coach Tubby Smith three years ago, we were looking into bringing in the next best coach to return the program to its traditional greatness, but we ended up going in the opposite direction. We hired former Texas A&M head coach Billy Gillespie, which at the time seemed like a great hire due to Gillespie's great coaching resume, but after a dismal first season entitling barely sneaking into the NCAA tournament and a second season where the most winning program in college basketball history got invited to the NIT? Yeah, he definitely got run out of town, along with a DUI.
This season though, after the huge hire of John Calipari and the number one recruiting class in the nation, the Cats have made an amazing turn around. If the Cats go out and take care of business this Saturday against the Arkansas Razorbacks, then they will lock up the title of number one team in the nation. Isn't that just remarkable, going from not being labeled as one of the top 65 teams in the nation to the possible number one team in the nation. That is one of the greatest turnarounds in the programs long and historic existence, and with the possible National Championship in the future this team has the chance to leave their mark on the bluegrass forever.

Consistently Inconsistant

Off to one of the best starts in school history the Kentucky Wildcats basketball team has been playing very well of late. Behind stars John Wall, Patrick Patterson, Demarcus Cousins and Eric Bledsoe the cats have manages to jump out to an 18-0 record and a number two ranking in both major polls, but there is one piece of the puzzle that could make this team one of the best of all time, and its not missing, its just not producing. Darius Miller is the name of this piece of the puzzle.
Darius is a sophmore forward who played a key roll in what little success the wildcats had last year and was bright bulb in the dim chandelier of the Kentucky BAsketball program, but after the firing of former head coach Billy Gillespie and the hiring of John Calipari and the new dribble drive offense Miller's future started to look even brighter. Yet so far this season he hasn't been living up to the expectations, and its not that the talent isn't there, he has his moments of greatness and glimpses of what he can do, but he is so inconsistant.
He is the key, if he can start producing on a more consistant basis this could be one of the best teams in the history of college basketball in its entirety. Everyone in Big Blue Nation knows that its there, they are just waiting for him to shine.

The Great Wall

One of the most amazingly smooth things i have ever seen in my life is the transition of John Wall going from High School Basketball to playing at one of the most prestiged basketball schools in the nation. He went from a senior in high school to coming out and destroying people on the next level. He is leading the team in scoring, assists and in steals, and that is for the number two team in the nation? Thats insane. How does the kid do it? Its quite remarkable.