April 12th: On this date.....

..... in 2009, your University of Kentucky Wildcats fan base went scrambling to a television as the most desired player in the country was playing for the first time since John Calipari had been named our basketball coach. He was a freaky point guard from North Carolina still looking for a place to play basketball in the fall. His name…..John Wall. Such a simple name for such an extraordinary talent. The Nike Hoops Summit in Portland pitted Team USA vs. The World, and featured the best soon-to-be-freshman against an all-star International squad. The kid wouldn’t disappoint either. Steal after steal, led to fast break dish/fast break dunk. John Wall was a player we HAD to have; Wall was a man among boys to say the least. And with our new coaches’ success with talent like his, why would he choose not to come to Lexington? Everyone always wanted to know what it would have been like if LeBron went to college, the Big Blue Nation was on the verge of experiencing it first hand. Freak Show ended the game with 13 points – 11 assists – 5 steals. John Calipari also had an ace up his sleeve: verbal commit DeMarcus Cousins was also on the team and around him 24/7. Go Cats.

Big Blue Booyah on Tom Leach