Monday, January 30, 2012

Still the One

UK remains in first place in this week's AP poll. Florida (12), Mississippi St. (22), and Vandy (25) are the only other SEC teams in the top 25.

Murray State is number 10 -- the first appearance for an OVC school in the top 10 since March 1971. I still can't get over how the Racers are doing.

7 comments:

  1. Eric, three questions:

    1. Is Jim McDaniels the best basketball player from Kentucky other than Wes Unseld?

    2. Why wasn't McDaniels a big star in the pros?

    3. Couldn't someone do an awesome "Everybody's All-America" type movie or novel about McDaniels?

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  2. I'll have to say that I know almost nothing about Jim McDaniels, but I gathered that most people around Western for a lot of years felt Clem Haskins was the best WKU basketball player of all time--even over McDaniels. Also, I think Madisonville's Frank Ramsey is very high on the Kentucky list.

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  3. Career totals at UK for Dan Issel:
    2,138 points
    1,078 rebounds

    Career totals at Western for Jim McDaniel:
    2,238 points
    1,118 rebounds

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