Monday is a great day for John Wall and the Kentucky Wildcats! John Wall is honored for the second time today as he’s named Yahoo’s Player of the year. He’s also one of two Kentucky players named to the Yahoo All American Team. Wall is also a front runner along with Evan Turner for the Wooden award.
[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK] Here’s what Wall had to say when asked about living up to expectations…
[QUOTE]“It got to me after awhile,” Wall said by phone Sunday. “I started worrying about living up to what everyone predicted from me instead of just playing basketball and having a good time.
“Once I put all that stuff behind me and started having fun, I started showing what I’m capable of.”
[/QUOTE]Yahoo also named their All American Team that included Demarcus Cousins Here’s how Yahoo described their performance and the reason they were on this years All American Team..
[QUOTE][B]C DeMarcus Cousins, Kentucky, freshman[/B] – The 6-foot-11, 270-pound Cousins was so hard to stop that teams had to resort to intentionally fouling him to keep him from scoring. Still, the country’s best big man managed to average 15.6 points and 10.1 rebounds. Cousins almost had as many offensive boards (135) as he did on the defensive end (177). The most impressive thing about Cousins’ gaudy statistics is that he amassed them despite playing just 22.9 minutes per game.
[B]G John Wall, Kentucky, freshman[/B] – Wall was at his best during crunch time. In the last two minutes of games this season (plus two five-minutes overtime periods), Wall scored 66 points in 70 minutes with only six turnovers. He shot 62 percent from the field during those stretches. If Wall weren’t surrounded by future lottery picks his scoring stats would be even higher. [/QUOTE]
