In Chris Dortch’s [I]Fast Break[/I] for the SEC Digital Network, he poses several questions regarding how the final 2 weeks of he SEC basketball season (regular and tourney) will play out. Here are the questions that pertain to UK in particular.
[I][LEFT][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]• Can Kentucky go undefeated in league play? The Wildcats play host to Georgia on Thursday and then travel to Florida on Sunday for their regular-season finale. Given that Kentucky has won a Division I-best 51 straight at home, it’s safe to assume Florida is all that will stand between the Wildcats and a 16-0 regular season.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]• Can Kentucky freshman [/FONT][/COLOR][I][B]Anthony Davis [/B][/I][I][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]pull off the hat trick of winning national player of the year, national freshman of the year and national defensive player of the year? He’s got the latter two locked down. His competition for player of the year is going to come from just one player – [/FONT][/COLOR]
[/I][I][B]Thomas Robinson [/B][/I][I][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]of Kansas.[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]Davis’edge? Kentucky has lost once, Kansas five times. And a reasonable argument can be made that no player in the country has impacted both ends of the court the way Davis has, especially now that he’s begun to utilize all the tools in his offensive belt.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]• Who will win the league’s coach of the year award? The tendency might be to hand it off to Kentucky’s [/FONT][/COLOR][I][B]John Calipari[/B][/I][I][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]. The No. 1-ranked Wildcats have won the SEC regular-season title going away and Calipari has done a great job in getting his young team to buy into the defensive end.[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]If Cal has any competition for the award, it could well come form Tennessee’s [/FONT][/COLOR][I][B]Cuonzo Martin[/B][/I][I][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma], who took a team gutted by the loss of personnel – including first-round NBA Draft pick [/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][B]Tobias Harris [/B][/I][I][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]and All-SEC guard [/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][B]Scotty Hopson [/B][/I][I][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]- and still reeling from the abrupt dismissal of former coach [/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][B]Bruce Pearl [/B][/I][I][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]and molded it into a unit that, as mentioned earlier, still has a chance to finish second in the league.[/FONT][/COLOR]
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