April 22nd: On this date...

... in 1995, your University of Kentucky head basketball coach Rick Pitino decided his team had too many good players. And instead of telling some of them to hit the road or sit the bench and get no experience, he created a Junior Varsity team. Hopefully, this will give the youngsters of today an idea of how freakish we were with bench talent. Pitino thought this would give the young guys on the bench valuable playing experience, it would also keep their attention. Nazr Mohammed was easily the player that benefited the most from this idea. It was such a great idea, it lasted only one year. Although it wasn't around long, the three straight Final Four's, along with two National titles are a direct result of this futuristic thinking. If nothing else, it helped make Nazr a bunch of money and kept him from transferring.

Big Blue Booyah on Tom Leach