John Wall hype continues to grow...

From day one, we've never been on the John Wall bandwagon. Sure, he's a good player. But people talk about him as if he's the second coming of LeBron. He's a 6'1" lead guard who can get to the rim on anybody. As for his outside shot -- well, yours is better than his. He shoots an ugly push shot that is an open invitation for any NBA player to reject. We're pretty sure The Playmaker could block him. (Sure as hell #31 could.)

So it was today that we watched the Kentucky - Mississippi State SEC Championship. Down two with with about 15 to play, Wall had the ball and missed an easy 6 footer in the lane. Brad Nessler and Jimmy Dykes (a UK guy) said NOTHING. Through piss poor execution on State's part, Kentucky got the ball back with 5 seconds, still down by two. Wall launched a wide open set shot from 20 -- it barely grazed the rim. Luckily, teammate DeMarco Cousins (a future 76er come June) got the put-back at the buzzer. Again, Nessler and Dykes say NOTHING about Wall's Woes.

The game went into overtime. Wall had the ball behind the three point line as the shot clock was winding down. He got forced to his left and threw up a total prayer. It somehow went in. And then Nessler and Dykes go ape-sheeeeet over Wall. Dykes spews on about big players hitting big shots in big situations.

It made us want to puke.

John Wall is a good player. But he doesn't even compare to Coach Cal's last two freshmen phenoms, Derrick Rose and Tyreke Evans. Not even close.

And this is not a Louisville Guy going anti-UK. In fact, after watching Duke, Syracuse and Kansas, we decided last Thursday that Kentucky will be our pick to win it all.