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Anthony Davis intrigues USA Basketball Chairman Colangelo

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Despite the rash of injuries that has shrunk the pool of players for the United States men’s basketball team at the London Games, including the loss of two potential starters in Dwight Howard and Derrick Rose, USA Basketball’s chairman, Jerry Colangelo, said Monday that the pool remained deep enough and talented enough for the United States to remain the Olympic favorite.  Colangelo said this was a result of the system he had put in place and developed, along with Coach , since they took over the national program in 2005.

 

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On This Day In UK Basketball History

On December 5, 1953, Cawood Ledford broadcasts his first game as the radio “Voice of the Wildcats.”

 

On December 5, 1953, Cliff Hagan scored 51 points against Temple.

 

On December 5, 2009, freshman John Wall bounced back from a bout with dehydration and a queasy encounter with an IV drip to finish with 16 points -- including the clinching free throws with 4.3 seconds left -- seven assists, five rebounds and three steals to lift the Wildcats to a 68-66 victory over the North Carolina Tar Heels.  This was the first signature win of Calipari's tenure and proved his rebuilding job was well ahead of schedule.

 

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