High Octane Rivalries are Back

Enough said.

So says Pat Forde of ESPN. And we all know how well he is respected. He lists the top rivalries for the upcoming 2009-10 college basketball season. The Cats are featured twice on the list and John Calipari is the lone reason for both.

Forde ranks the Cats-Cards game later this year as the top must-see game in college basketball. It's finally nice to see someone say UNC-Duke has cooled off a bit, of course it took a Kentuckian to do so. The animosity between the two coaches is second to none. Well.........maybe this.

The Cats-Vols rivalry comes in at #3 on Forde's list. The fact Calipari and Pearl face each other at least twice each year will bring the game to a boiling point. The game should also be an up-and-down shootout. Fun for the whole family!

Can basketball time in the Bluegrass just get here already.

Pat Forde