From “The Season Never Ends 2010 Calendar: “Happy birthday, Basil Hayden. Of the 39 Kentucky Wildcat players who have been named All-Americans, Basil Hayden was the first. Hayden captained the ’20-21 squad that won, for all intents and purposes, Kentucky’s first “national” championship. That Kentucky team Georgia 20-19 to win the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Championships. …
Kentucky basketball’s first All-American was born on this day
Wall and Cousins named to John R. Wooden Award All-American team
The 10-player John R. Wooden Award All American Team® was announced today (see below) with the top vote-getters invited to Los Angeles for the April 9 announcement of the 2010 John R. Wooden Award® winner as college basketball’s player of the year, streamed live by CBS College Sports Network. Balloting by members of the media…
Kentucky freshmen lead AP All-America team
Kentucky’s John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins are the first freshmen teammates to be selected to The Associated Press’ All-America team. The other players on the team announced Monday are Ohio State junior Evan Turner, Syracuse junior Wes Johnson and Villanova senior Scottie Reynolds. This is the third time in four years two freshmen were on…
John Wall named to writers’ All-American first team
Two pairs of teammates from the nation’s top two teams headline the 2009-10 U.S. Basketball Writers Association’s All-America Team. Senior guard Sherron Collins of Kansas and freshman guard John Wall of Kentucky pace the first team. Along with Collins, Notre Dame senior forward Luke Harangody returns to the All-America team as a second-team choice. Collins and Harangody were both second-team selections a year ago.
Patrick Patterson named to The Associated Press pre-season All-American first team
Notre Dame forward Luke Harangody and Kansas teammates Cole Aldrich and Sherron Collins were the leading vote-getters on The Associated Press’ preseason All-America team. They are joined by Patrick Patterson of Kentucky and Kyle Singler of Duke on the team selected by a national media panel. Read article.
Kentucky’s John Wall is Jeff Goodman’s preseason Player of the Year for 2009-2010
He also picks his preseason All-Americans for 2009-2010. Read article.
Bob Burrow, Kentucky All-American – December 12, 1955 (SI.com)
Bob Burrow is a friendly young man with short-cropped brown hair, a grin and a knack for making friends. Read article.