Jon Rothstein pontificates on Kentucky’s floor general, Marquis Teague in his weekly notebook. Here is what Rothstein has to say:
[LEFT][COLOR=#2C2D2E][FONT=Arial][I][B]1. KENTUCKY JUST NEEDS MARQUIS TEAGUE TO BE STEADY TO REACH THE FINAL FOUR[/B][/I][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#2C2D2E][FONT=Arial][I]Let’s face it, if the three pointer by Indiana’s Christian Watford rimmed out at the buzzer on December 10th against Kentucky, we’d be talking about [URL=”http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/12/05/rothstein-files-monday-morning-college-hoops-notebook-4/”]the possibility of the Wildcats going through the season undefeated[/URL]. Instead — and I don’t know how this is possible, it doesn’t feel like John Calipari’s team has gotten the attention it deserves — and maybe it’s because the point guard on this team isn’t overly flashy. While Calipari has had a long lineage of top flight floor generals, Marquis Teague has excelled recently at just simply keeping the Kentucky ship afloat. While many including myself were simply waiting for Teague to emerge and take over a game, that doesn’t seem to be his role on this team so many ancillary pieces capable of dominating at the offensive end of the floor. As long as Teague is efficient, limits his turnovers, and gets his teammates involved, this team has all the ammunition it needs to get to New Orleans.[/I][/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT]
This passage seems to me to denote a changing of the guard in the national media’s perspective on UK as a whole as well as Teague in particular (save for Jeff Goodman).
Until the LSU game, most national guys were saying they still couldn’t buy into to UK because of inconsistancy and youth.
Now, all of a sudden people are realizing that Teague has quietly gotten his feet beneath him and is a sound functional point guard. People are also realizing that this team has more weapons than any other team in the country and is still only playing to about 65% of its potential.
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