The House of Blue

Agreed. Tennis is awful currently, especially on the US side. Once Agassi stepped aside, it ended the golden era of tennis, IMO.

He's right as far as teams go. If it was like it was 20 years ago, you would have players like Wall, Cousins, Knight, Lamb, Jones, Davis, MKG, etc stick around for three or four years. Can you imagine how good those players would be in college if that were still the case? They would definitely be as good or better than the elite players 20 years ago but it doesn't happen. The good thing for us, however is that Coach Cal has embraced the change and thriving with it. Its not necessary to be the best team ever, just the best team each year and have a great shot at the Championship!

Tony Kornhieser made some really great points about that topic he other day. He mentioned that before the trade for Nanee there was very little difference in the avg age of the Wizards and KY and that physically here was not much difference between the starting 5's so he wasn't buying the "men vs boys" angle. Also made a great point with the players; Other than at PG, Washington would trade every position player with UK.
That Wall was the only player they wouldnt swap with UKs lineup. Finally, he said more than likely UK would lose by 25-30 but if they were to play 10 times that KY would win 2 maybe 3 games. I tend to agree.

I hate this "UK v. NBA" topic. Pride goeth before a fall, as it says in Proverbs (I think).

Hell, lets beat Louisville and quit worrying about how we stack up v. an NBA team, it just shows too much hubris to even discuss it.

all stayed at least 2-3 years...if these guys stay 2-3 years it wouldnt even be close...the guys now a days r better individually...the teams were better back then...cousins would have been just as good as shaq when he was a junior in college

I blame soccer.

Our American youth waste their K-6 grades fall athletic season playing an unwatchable sport.

Baseball, Hoops, Tennis... All have been compromised in the wussification of this country.

I agree. Nadal, Federer and potentially Djokovic are 3 of the best ever not to mention the racket and string technology is light years ahead of where it was 20 years ago.

But U.S. tennis is down I will say that.

I'm coming from it as a US tennis fan. Due to the technological upgrades in equipment, it's become a game of big hitting, baseline players. Not sure that's necessarily better than the days of Borg, Connors, McEnroe, Lendl, Becker, Agassi, and Sampras.

indeed. davis would have time to develop a post game and his body.

Carl, you've got to be kidding! Assuming all things are equal and we are playing in primes, Sampras may beat Nadal half the time, but he is only beating Joke and Federer 1 out of 10 times. They would kill his lack of groundstrokes. Agassi, Edberg, and Lendl do not beat any of them half the time on any surface. Borg could possibly give Federer a good run on clay and Nadal on grass. Sampras is still my favorite player of all time, but it's reality.

Nadal is the physically strongest player ever, Federer the most skilled ever, and Joke could be the most complete before it is all said and done. I'll give you that Sampras had the most clutch serve, Borg the best nerves, and McEnroe the best hands at the net. I would love to see these generations cross and compete, but no one from the past is beating the current top three based on their skills and conditioning during their primes.

I call, "HIJACK!!!!".

How does a thread about UK Basketball become about tennis?

It's the week of The Final Four for crissakes. I'm even calling "Party Foul"!!!!!

Horse racing as well. You think this years favorite Union Rags would have a shot against Secretariat, Seattle Slew, Spectacular Bid, Native Dancer, etc. No.