... in 1995, preseason magazines unanimously have the Kentucky Wildcats as the #1 basketball team in the land. The 1995 season had ended with a hard fought loss to North Carolina in the Regional Finals, where the most memorable moment was a semi-fight between Andre Riddick and Carolina’s Rasheed Wallace. But the vast majority of the team would be coming back, along with super-freshman Ron Mercer. The senior leadership included: Tony Delk, Walter McCarty, and Mark Pope. Antoine Walker was a ridiculously skilled sophomore. Transfer Derek Anderson would be eligible to suit up, giving the Cats arguably the deepest team in the college basketball history. The Sporting News and ESPN the Magazine were the only two publications who did not have Kentucky #1. They chose Kansas instead. Call me crazy, but I’m seeing more than a few similarities between the 1995-96 Cats and the upcoming 2009-10 Cats. Just saying.
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