As the NBA gears up for it’s lottery tonight (ping pong balls!), The University of Kentucky has already won one of it’s own. John Wall, consensus top point guard in the nation, has thrown in his lot with Kentucky and it’s new smooth talking car salesman of a coach, John Calipari. He was originally set to join perennial Conference USA steamroller Memphis, but Calipari’s departure put his destination back up in the air.
As high school draft gurus slobbered over him, John Wall played with the idea of going to either Duke (thank god) or the University of Miami (why?), but Calipari was able to convince Wall to follow him to Kentucky. The once proud basketball program (7 national championships) has fallen on hard times as of late- they missed the NCAA tournament for the first time since the 1990 season. The arrival of Calipari, Wall, and what is shaping up to be a top twenty recruiting class punches Kentucky’s ticket for March Madness and makes them an immediate contender.
[via WWL]
For examples of the kind of grown-ass-man play that we can expect from Wall next year at Kentucky, please refer to the following:
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