Monday, October 18, 2004

Wildcat Madness

I caught Midnight Madness on Friday night (well, Saturday morning). Here are my initial impressions:
1. Talent: This will be the most talented team UK's had since '97.
2. Shooting: This will be the best shooting team since '98.
3. Depth. The cats will go 10 deep, even without the serviced of Sheray Thomas.
4. Development. Perry, Woo, Moss, et al. showed a lot of skill improvement over last year.

Granted, this was only a practice, but I'm pretty pumped for the upcoming season. As Mike DeCoursey wrote:

Among Kentucky's fans, excitement about the freshman class might be more of an issue this year than any since 1995, when wing Ron Mercer arrived as the final piece of the greatest NCAA team of the past two decades. Many gifted players have entered the program in subsequent years — Nazr Mohammed, Wayne Turner, Tayshaun Prince, Keith Bogans — but no class has generated as much anticipation as this one.

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