Space For Destroying Riotous Myth Regarding Kentucky's Historical Standing

Presstitutes making extemporaneous comments at the Final Four often were knowingly inappropriate Clintonesque or as confused as Bruce Jenner after trying to cope an extended period with Hollyweird's contemptible Kardashian clan. But now there probably has been ample time since the end of the season for proper reflection and "to have a conversation" on the historical significance of Kentucky's 38-1 club. In other words, it is time to "give space for those who wish to destroy" riotous myth about UK's 2014-15 edition warranting inclusion among the premier teams in NCAA history.

In the aftermath of amateurish analysis by mess media, the goal here is to attempt to yield a mite more credibility to a topic than POTUS' premature pollution via petty proffering regarding another choir boy, agitator-enabling bozo stand-down let-thugs-loot Baltimore mayor, sweeping-statement activist prosecutor catering to reparations devotees, monumental misfit Michael Moore seeking to disarm all police or studious Ray "Dancin' On Their Graves" Lewis and Carmelo "Snitches Get Stitches" Anthony imploring scholarly youth to refrain from violence. Don't want to get political savant Ashley Judd or "misguided young and old people" upset, but there was as much evidence of Kentucky deserving acclaim as an NCAA all-time Top 10 squad as support from no-show spectators during Orioles home game at Camden Yards on second day of riots-related curfew.

Was any college hoop pundit saying anything remotely the same about Wichita State a year earlier when the Shockers also entered the NCAA playoffs with an undefeated record? After all, the Missouri Valley Conference probably was as competent two campaigns ago as the quality exhibited by the SEC this past season. Moreover, have any of the clueless commentators heard of NCAA title titans such as Lew Alcindor (UCLA), Patrick Ewing (Georgetown), Stacey Augmon and Larry Johnson (UNLV), Jordan/Perkins/Worthy (North Carolina), Jerry Lucas and John Havlicek (Ohio State), Bill Russell and K.C. Jones (San Francisco), David Thompson (North Carolina State) and Bill Walton (UCLA)? Analysts should study all-time best recruiting classes before stepping out on a thin limb with their misinformed greatest-of-all-time proclamations comparable in authenticity to over-hyped Mayweather/Pacquiao "Dancin' With the Stars."

In a "one-and-done" era when the caliber of play has subsided so dramatically, the Wildcats weren't even the best team in the last four or six years of their illustrious program. Celebrated center Anthony Davis, the premier player for a national champion in 2012, is light years removed from any of UK's frontcourt players this season. Ditto John Wall in the backcourt in 2009-10. In fact, Big Blue Nation probably has boasted a better team every decade post-WWII. Consider the following talent over the years emanating from Lexington making it nearly impossible for this year's UK squad to crack the school's all-time Top 10 let alone a national all-time Top 10:

Season	Record	Multiple UK Standouts
1948-49	32-2	Alex Groza/Ralph Beard/Wallace Jones/Cliff Barker/Dale Barnstable
1953-54	25-0	Cliff Hagan/Frank Ramsey/Lou Tsioropoulos
1965-66	27-2	Pat Riley/Louie Dampier/Thad Jaracz/Larry Conley/Tommy Kron
1969-70	26-2	Dan Issel/Mike Pratt/Tom Parker/Larry Steele
1977-78	30-2	Jack Givens/Rick Robey/Kyle Macy/James Lee/Mike Phillips
1983-84	29-5	Melvin Turpin/Kenny Walker/Sam Bowie/Jim Master/Winston Bennett
1995-96	34-2	Tony Delk/Antoine Walker/Walter McCarty/Derek Anderson/Ron Mercer
2009-10	35-3	John Wall/DeMarcus Cousins/Patrick Patterson/Eric Bledsoe
2011-12	38-2	Anthony Davis/Michael Kidd-Gilchrist/Terrence Jones