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"I'm excited for Tony (Barbee), who's been a part of my basketball family for twenty years," John Calipari joyfully expressed. "I've known Coach Cal since I was fifteen-years old," Barbee said. Barbee expressed the fact that he was glad to be hands on again. He said - "It's exciting for me to be back in the mix working with kids." And one of the guys he's most excited about is Tyler Ulis.
What does Ulis have in common with names such as Ryan Boatwright, Shabazz Napier, Kemba Walker, Devan Downey, Anthony Hickey, and Russ Smith? Within two inches plus or minus Ulis is the same size. They are all guards that have beaten Calipari's team's since he's been at Kentucky.
What does Barbee like most about Ulis? He said he likes his leadership, his composure, and his fearlessness. "Nothing shakes this kid," Barbee said. "It was uncanny for a freshman point guard at this level to play with his composure. We all saw that last year. College basketball for the most part is about guard play. When you've got good big's and good guards you've got a chance of having a good basketball team. And when you're starting with a guard like Tyler, you are starting at pretty good place."
For those BBN basketball aficionado's which for the most part watch the McDonald's All-Star classic, Teh Jordan-Brand Classic, and other like classics Ulis played in, their attitude was a mystery to this writer. There was so much apprehension and in some cases ambivalence over Cal signing of a player of his stature. Prototypes are far overblown - it's what's in the chest as the aforementioned examples.
So vive la Tyler Ulis!!!
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