Rivals.com ranks the top frontcourts in the nation, and just as CBS, they have the Cats [URL=”http://collegebasketball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1284179″]ranked 2nd behind North Carolina.[/URL]
| [I]2. KENTUCKY[/I] | |
| [I]The Wildcats have a frontcourt loaded with potential NBA talent. Thanks to the return of Terrence Jones, the UK frontcourt has Final Four experience, too. Jones (6-9/252) can score from almost anywhere on the court (15.7 points per game last season) and averaged 8.8 rebounds. Kentucky added the top two big men in the 2011 class in [/I][URL=”http://collegebasketball.rivals.com/bviewplayer.asp?Player=441897″][I]Anthony Davis[/I][/URL][I] (ranked second) and [/I][URL=”http://collegebasketball.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?Sport=2&pr_key=70945″][I]Michael Kidd-Gilchrist[/I][/URL][I] (ranked third). [/I][URL=”http://collegebasketball.rivals.com/viewcoach.asp?Coach=1224″][I]John Calipari[/I][/URL][I] already has compared to Davis to Marcus Camby, and Kidd-Gilchrist has the length to be a disruptive player on the defensive end. [/I][URL=”http://collegebasketball.rivals.com/bviewplayer.asp?Player=441899″][I]Kyle Wiltjer[/I][/URL][I] rounds out a signing class that included three five-star forwards. If there’s any weak spot, it’s the lack of a true center.[/I] | [IMG]http://vmedia.rivals.com/images/stats/logos/kentucky_statslogo.gif[/IMG] |
