June 22nd: On this date.....

..... in 2001, your University of Kentucky Wildcats got some good news when both Tayshaun Prince and Keith Bogans withdrew their names from the upcoming NBA Draft. Each Kentucky superstar had entered their name on May 7th, giving the rabid Wildcat fan base a…..how do you say…….swift kick to the nuts. Luckily, they had the “maturity” to recognize how bad we needed them for the 2001-02 season. Prince was coming off a year in which he was named the SEC Player of the Year, and Bogans, a sophomore campaign where he led the Cats in scoring. Big Blue would return all but one letterman (Saul Smith) for the 2001-02 season. In other words, Tayshaun and Keith were looking forward to playing with a new point guard.

Big Blue Booyah on Tom Leach