It’s been an up and down couple of weeks for the Davis camp. From becoming a highly talked about and sought after recruit to being drug through the mud by the media and now announcing his decision to play at Kentucky. Yeah that’s pretty up and down, but at least it’s ending on the up…being a Kentucky Wildcat![PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]
Davis spoke with [URL=”http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/news/story?id=5462201″]Paul Biancardi of ESPN[/URL] about his selection and what it means to be playing for Kentucky and Coach Cal. Here are some excerpts:
[quote]”Coach Calipari is easy to talk to and he listens to what you are saying,” said Davis, who’s parents had some academic questions answered by Kentucky President Dr. Lee T. Todd, Jr. on his visit before he would commit. “[Calipari] will be a father figure to me away from home. He’s a demanding coach that will not tell me what I want to hear, but what I need to hear to improve.”
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“It will be nice [playing with Gilchrist and Teague],” said Davis. “They are very talented and unselfish players, who are about winning, like me.”[/quote]
2011 recruits Marquis Teague and Michael Gilchrist had this to say:
[quote]”It’s exciting playing with another great player,” said Teague. “Davis is really good at scoring the ball and finishing. I guess I will be getting a lot more assists.”
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“I am excited to play with Anthony Davis. He is long, athletic and talented,” said Gilchrist. “[Davis, Teague and I] are all so different, we have talent and we will have good chemistry.”
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“Our goal is to win a championship,” said Teague.[/quote]
With all due respect to the new new guys, we hope that 2011-2012 will be our second championship of the Calipari era.
Go Big Blue!
