A comment from Jared on an earlier post struck me as a good poll question.
Jason wrote:
My question is who is more valuable to Kentucky - Meeks or Patterson?
If you had to let one go to the NBA, which would it be?
So I put the same question to you faithful blog readers. The question is in the poll slot on the right.
As for the last poll question: More of you thought that UK could still make the NCAA Tournament without winning the SEC Tournament than those who thought the Cats have to sweep in Tampa to make it to the Big Dance. The count was 130-119.
John Clay is a sports columnist for the Lexington Herald-Leader. A native of Central Kentucky and graduate of UK, he covered UK football for 13 seasons before being promoted to columnist in 2000. He lives in Lexington with his wife and two sons. You can e-mail him at jclay@herald-leader.com.
While losing either of them to the NBA would be a blow, I think it’s pretty clear that UK can least afford Meeks going pro. With the additions of Orton and Pilgrim next year the Cats could be (dare I say?) deep in the post next season thus softening the blow of losing Patterson. If Meeks decides to go, who creates their own shots next year? Who scores? We have no scoring basically from the 1 to the 4. And don’t try to sell me on Jon Hood just yet.