Yamrocks

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I'm fixing up something new for the looks around here, so pardon the lack of substance. Several topics have been boucing around for the past few days and one or two need to float to the surface. I watched the SEC tournament the past few days and John Wall continues to dumbfound. Here at Western, there's more blue than red walking around, which makes as much sense as it is shameful. Folks don't even like the sports being played for the most part, they just bleed and breathe Kentucky. Even with Western's team being equally as competitive (just not as good), not to mention playing games across the road, students here can't compute anything beyond....Kentucky. Blue. John Wall and I can't stand that. Granted, I love Tennessee football and some of my happiness moments to date have happened watching Vandy play in Memorial. But its taken beyond the point of ridiculous here and I've been nagging on Kentucky all year because of it. John Calipari is low character and Kentucky isn't as good as people say they are. They beat a struggling North Carolina team by ten early in the year at Rupp. A win is a win is a win but North Carolina has gotten beat up all year along in the ACC thanks to being undersized and that's Kentucky's strongest asset. They are the tallest team in the NCAA this year, super physical, and should have rocked the cute off UNC's baby faces. Demarcus Cousins, 6'11 and 290, holy fuck. But the opportunity cost is that when your team lives and dies by big, strong basketball, chances are you don't play too smart. Kentucky got soundly drummed by a strong South Carolina team earlier in the year that was rolling on six wins. They barely beat Miss State this weekend, a team that has had their number twice this season. The brightest spot for Kentucky is obviously John Wall. His speed with the ball and overall athleticism has folks drooling. His jumper has gotten light years better from the start of the year, which could round him out to be a huge impact, change the game player in the NBA. Besides Great Oden-sized post men, the greatest investment a team can make is a point guard because its the ultimate functioning position. The Suns wouldn't be half as good as they are without Steve Nash, not just because of his talent individually, but in his ability to yoke the best out of the other players out there, specifically Amare Stoudemire. How will Kentucky fare this month against smarter teams? They're good, but not that good. But who knows? This year's draft is going to be madness anyways, honestly a tossup.

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For now until soon, I've got two reasons why Marqus Blakely from lowly Vermont (Go Catamounts) is the best player in the American East as well as the best dunker in the NCAA. Poor guy is stuck up in Vermont with pale, neurotic folks from the North who press bugs and make snowshoe a verb.

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But that's not even the best dunk of recent weeks. Truly, the best things come from where you least expect it. Gerald Anderson from Cal State at Fullerton as case in point here, finishing a fast break in fantastic style high above the rim. Holy smokes, rise above.

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