Originally Posted by
Netboy Extraordinaire
UK did not have 5 lottery picks much less 5 Freshmen lottery picks or 5 Freshmen starters. Wall, Cousins and Bledsoe were Freshmen starters on the 2010 team along with Patrick Patterson and Darius Miller. Wall, Cousins and Patterson were all Lottery picks, with Patterson being the 14th and last of the lottery picks. Bledsoe went 18th and Daniel Orton went 29th.
This years team is not made up of one and doners. Miller is a Senior, Lamb and Jones are both Sophomores. All 3 have Final Four experience plus Miller has an Elite 8 year as well. These 3 experienced players plus 4 Freshmen make up the best 7 in America. This team is MUCH better than the team of 2010 and MUCH better than the team of 2011. People keep making the mistake of thinking the 2012 version of Kentucky is a repeat of the last 2 years because it is another Number 1 recruiting class. Cousins was a headcase in 2010 and Harrelson performed above his head in 2011 and neither year did they have consistent outside shooting or play defense like this years team. 2012, Miller and Lamb are shooting above 45% from 3-pt range, MKG is the lockdown defender, Teague is getting better each game and the insde force offensively and defensively Davis is in the Top 2 for Player of the Year. You say you will bet Kentucky does not win the National Title and I say I will take Kentucky and give the field.
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