Lets Talk Kentucky Basketball

Kentucky vs South Carolina


Tonight wasn't much of a test for the Kentucky Wildcats basketball team beating there fellow SEC opponent 86-52, quite a drubbing. The fact that they won tonight by 34 over a, what some would consider, below average South Carolina team  isn't the amazing part. The amazing happens when you go to look at  UK's schedule and results so far this year. The fact of the matter is they are doing this to everyone on the schedule, not just South Carolina.

The Wildcats have played twenty-four games so far this year and they have won twenty of them by more than ten points. out of those twenty games they have won fourteen by more than twenty. Those are some pretty outrageous stats.

Kentucky is sitting in the drivers seat of college basketball right now with a nations best 23-1 record, Once again John Calipari has scrambled together a bunch of future pros and turned them into a team within a few months, could this be his most talented team yet?

Looking at the team roster, the talent jumps right off the page at you.

Anthony Davis
-  averaging a double double 13 points and 10 rebound per game. Lets not even mention his ridiculous 4.7 blocks per game added on to that.

- Rated the #2 prospect in the nation by Rivals and many consider him the early #1 prospect for the next NBA draft

Michael Kidd Gilchrist 

- Gilchrist is averaging 12 Points, 7 Rebounds and 2 assists per game.

-Gilchrist was just as highly touted coming in right behind Davis at #3 on Rivals top 150

Terrence Jones

-Jones per game stats are actually down quite a bit from last year, but his percentages are way up. Only averaging 12 points and 6 rebouns per game, but improved his shooting to 50% from the field and his 3 point shooting to 37%

- Jones was also a 5 star recruit, just from the year before. Ranking #13 on the top 150

Marquis Teague

- Teague is not having the impact that I expected, at least numbers wise, but I'm assuming that may have something to do with all the blowouts and talent on his own team. Averaging 10 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists. But, stats dont tell the story with this kid, any other team and he would be the star of the show.

- As I said, the kid has talent, the #5 rated Prospect coming into the season. Its just unfortunate for him hes the third best incoming recruit on his own team

Daron Lamb

- Lamb is the sniper for this team averaging 46% from three so far to go along with 81% from the line. this year. Hes second on the team in scoring at 13.3 also

- Although Lamb was a top 25 recruit in the nation (#21 by Rivals) , he was not nearly as touted as everyone else on the team, pretty amazing.

This isn't even mentioning the other contributors like: Darius Miller and Kyle Wiltjer  

The moral of the story is this team is stacked. Perhaps not as top heavy as the John Wall Demarcus Cousins team, but it certainly has more depth and experience. 

I'm gonna go out on a small limb and predict this is the year Calipari gets over the hump and finally cuts down the nets. Annndddd thats the bottommm line....