July 18th: On this date...

...... in 1974, a future University of Kentucky star was born in Louisville, KY, as the one and only Derek Anderson came into the world. Anderson played for Doss High while stationed in "Da Ville" before moving on to Columbus, OH, and the Buckeyes. His first season in the Blue & White came during the 1995-96 campaign, as he was a member of the second best team in America: the Kentucky bench. The uber-athletic Anderson will always be remembered for cramming on Indiana and Louisville and the fun he had doing it. Big Blue Nation was one DA knee injury away from having a mini-dynasty from 1996-98, as the senior's season was limited to only 19 games. He scored exactly 337 points in each of his season's in Lexington, and his stats as a whole almost mirrored each other in half as many games. The Cleveland Cavaliers drafted DA with the 14th pick in the 1997 NBA Draft. Anderson's most recent notariety came as he made a documentary about the '96 Cats entitled "Untouchables".

Big Blue Booyah on Tom Leach