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Willie Cauley-Stein ready for the big time (with video)

Willie Cauley-Stein is the first to admit he wasn't ready for when Kentucky was ready for him.  When 's staff called him at this time last year, right after the final tournament of Cauley-Stein's AAU summer circuit, Cauley-Stein was a budding basketball star. At 7-foot, 225 pounds, Coach Cal's staff saw a big man who could run the floor and block shots. They saw potential and a need, a forward who could provide depth in lieu of the departures of Anthony Davis and Terrence Jones when they decided to head to the NBA.  What they didn't see – what the simple confines of a basketball game on a recruiting trip can't reveal – was a player who was still searching for his confidence and a drive to be even better. The talent was there along with physical attributes that few in the country could match, but Cauley-Stein wasn't ready for the big time when the biggest of all the programs in the country called for his services.

 

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