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Monday, December 13, 2004
Getting Defensive: Thoughts on Kentucky - Indiana
By Jonathan Givony
Written href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> DraftExpress href=/profile//> Staff href=/profile//> Reporter href=/profile//> By href=/profile//> J.L. href=/profile//> Weill
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Any href=/profile//> college href=/profile//> hoops href=/profile//> fan href=/profile//> without href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> rooting href=/profile//> interest href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Saturday's href=/profile//> interstate href=/profile//> battle href=/profile//> between href=/profile//> old href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> bitter href=/profile//> rivals href=/profile//> Kentucky href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Indiana href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> wonder href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> fuss href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> about. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> annual href=/profile//> grudge href=/profile//> match, href=/profile//> dubbed href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Border href=/profile//> War href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> red- href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> blue-clad href=/profile//> hoops href=/profile//> junkies href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> these href=/profile//> neighboring href=/profile//> states, href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> lately href=/profile//> become href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> skirmish, href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> Tubby href=/profile//> Smith's href=/profile//> southern href=/profile//> rebels href=/profile//> taking href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> seemingly href=/profile//> eternally href=/profile//> undermanned href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> young href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> talented href=/profile//> Hoosiers, href=/profile//> coached href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> besieged href=/profile//> Mike href=/profile//> Davis.
This href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> around, href=/profile//> Davis href=/profile//> brought href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> class href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> blue-chippers href=/profile//> (minus href=/profile//> former href=/profile//> recruit href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> current href=/profile//> Atlanta href=/profile//> Hawk href=/profile//> Josh href=/profile//> Smith), href=/profile//> surely href=/profile//> capable href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> evening href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> field href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> Kentucky, href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> came href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> having href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> four href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> row href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> five href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> six href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> series. href=/profile//> But href=/profile//> lo href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> behold href=/profile//> there href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> Smith, href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> elder href=/profile//> statesman href=/profile//> among href=/profile//> African-American href=/profile//> coaches href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> known href=/profile//> Davis href=/profile//> mentor, href=/profile//> arriving href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> arguably href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> nation's href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> class href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> tow.
It href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> become href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> familiar href=/profile//> sight href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> Kentucky href=/profile//> fans, href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Wildcats href=/profile//> showing href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> defensive href=/profile//> bite href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> Davis' href=/profile//> squad href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> don't href=/profile//> ever href=/profile//> show href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Kentucky. href=/profile//> In href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> quickly href=/profile//> becoming href=/profile//> Smith's href=/profile//> calling href=/profile//> card href=/profile//> among href=/profile//> NBA href=/profile//> scouts, href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> players href=/profile//> -– href=/profile//> who, href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> Davis' href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> recruits, href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> pro-caliber href=/profile//> offensive href=/profile//> potential href=/profile//> upon href=/profile//> arriving href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> campus href=/profile//> -– href=/profile//> show href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> penchant href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> defense href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> renders href=/profile//> near href=/profile//> meaningless href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> vertical href=/profile//> leap href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> soft href=/profile//> shooting href=/profile//> touch href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> opposing href=/profile//> high href=/profile//> school href=/profile//> star. href=/profile//> Jared href=/profile//> Jeffries, href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> Davis' href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> recruit href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> IU href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> lottery href=/profile//> pick, href=/profile//> never href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> Kentucky. | |
