Being a UK basketball fan is like riding a rollercoaster… for five months. After a disappointing pair of losses already this year, it was exciting to see the Cats win against an undefeated top-25 team this week. As fans, we know how special this team can be, but does anybody else? Actually, they do.
The [URL=”http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-spt-1208-notre-dame-basketball–20101207,0,7446815.story”]Chicago Tribune[/URL] is talking this week about DeAndre Liggins. Among other things, they commented on his journey to get to where he is today. They included a couple of quotes from some familiar sources as well:
[I]”I’ve coached a lot of players, and there are a few that I’m as proud of as though they were my children, and he’s one of them.” – John Calipari[/I]
[I]”We have to play defense like he’s playing it… Coach wants him to talk the most, be loud and everybody follow that.” – Terrence Jones[/I]
Along with Liggins, [URL=”http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/news?slug=jn-sec120310″]Rivals[/URL] is talking about Darius Miller. While mentioning the statistics of Jones and Knight, the Rivals article is quick to point out that Liggins and Miller are “steadying forces” and “blue-collar upperclassmen”. Calipari mentions in a [URL=”http://vaughtsviews.com/?p=7768″]separate article[/URL] of Miller “I want him to be one of those players that everybody in the country is talking about. He could be as good as anybody in the country too.”
[URL=”http://www.wildcat-den.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=223:knights-steady-play-a-plus-for-cats&catid=1:breaking-news”]Wildcat-Den[/URL] is talking about Brandon Knight’s improvement. He’s been having trouble thus far committing more turnovers than assists. Knight has evidently taken the criticism to heart though, and provided 5 assists to 2 turnovers against 23rd ranked Notre Dame. He’s becoming more of a leader than ‘just’ a scorer.
And we reported [URL=”http://www.nationofblue.com/terrence-jones-national-player-year-4043/”]here[/URL] earlier what CBS’ Gary Parrish is saying about Terrence Jones.
As fans, we know that this team could be something really special come NCAA tournament time. It’s nice to see some other people talking about it too.
