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Published October 31, 2009 03:16 pm - The nation’s college basketball coaches apparently value the ability to defecate dairy. UK needs realism, not optimism By JON WEBB Glasgow Daily Times GLASGOW — The nation’s college basketball coaches apparently value the ability to defecate dairy.
The USA Today/ESPN Preseason Coaches Poll was released early this week, and gave Kentucky fans another reason to prematurely smile. The Wildcats ranked fifth in the poll just behind defending-champ North Carolina and just ahead of last-year-Final-Four participant Villanova. Citing a recruiting class featuring John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins and the return of forward Patrick Patterson, USA Today’s Jack Carey said, optimistically: “There should be no NIT talk around the Bluegrass State this season.” That blanket optimism, though, may not be shared by new coach John Calipari. During a recent book signing in Cave City, Calipari did his best to quell any thoughts of a year-one NCAA championship. “We’ve got this huge mountain to climb, and we’re in base camp,” he said. And as far as his first year players: “(They) think they poop ice cream.” Calipari, I hope, is joking about his players belief that they can push delicious frozen confections through their bowels. But he isn’t joking about base camp. After a 22-14 season and two years under Billy Gillispie, the Wildcats are far from the fifth-best team in the nation. Their best player will arguably be Wall. The freshman will fit perfectly into Calipari’s motion offense (an offense that requires a talented point guard), and his scouting report is basically plagiarized from Derrick Rose’s: he’s “blazingly fast,” possesses unique ballhandling ability, finishes at the rim and can’t shoot from the outside. This doesn’t mean he is Derrick Rose. 
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