Your 2010 NBA Draft: The Kentucky Wildcats. Pretty Much, All Of Them

Kentucky (#5, #5) – The John Calipari era got underway minus John Wall with a 75-69 victory over 2009 NCAA Tournament Team Morehead State. The win was a nice mixture of the old (Patrick Patterson – 20 points) and the new (Eric Bledsoe – 24 points) as Calipari’s blended his 7 returning players with the 6 new faces in a new offense. John Wall made his Wildcat debut a memorable one as he had 19 points and sank a last second jumper to give UK a 72-70 win over the hot-shooting Miami RedHawks who blistered the nets for 15 treys. Both Patrick Patterson and freshman DeMarcus Cousins had double doubles for the Wildcats. Kentucky had a second straight opponent come into Rupp Arena and sear the nets from beyond the 3 point arc, but in the end, the Wildcats overcame the 18 3-pointers by Sam Houston State, 102-92. UK had three players with 20 points or more (DeMarcus Cousins – 27, John Wall – 21, Patrick Patterson – 20) and the Cats got zero points from their bench in this unique game. The Wildcats got a more complete game in their 92-63 win over Rider. Patrick Patterson had 19 points and 18 rebounds to lead the Wildcats to their first 4-0 start since 2004.

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Patterson. Cousins. WALL.

We’ll start Wall Watch once they start playing good teams  (see: Dec. 5th versus North Carolina on CBS).  But Patterson’s setting himself up for a huge landing, with not only his raw athleticism which has landed him as a prospective first rounder for the past two years, but this last season as a development so his defense will be higher.

Oster-Tags: 2010 NBA Draft, John Wall, johnwallwillsaveusall, Patrick Patterson