Across college basketball, names like DJ Augustin, Darren Collison and Ty Lawson receive most of the attention. However, I'm not sure I'd take any of the three over Kentucky's Ramel Bradley for my college program.
I'm not a Kentucky fan. However, Kentucky is always on television, so maybe Bradley has grown on me because of exposure. However, he is such a clutch player and leader. He always seems to make the big play. He's a great on-ball defender. He's tough and strong. I'm not a big SEC follower, and I know Shan Fooster at Vanderbilt has been incredible and Lofton at Tennessee is the reigning SEC MVP, but I don't think either is more valuable than Bradley. To me, he is the clear SEC MVP and deserves mention among the other top point guards throughout college basketball.
Sunday, March 09, 2008
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just saw this today (3/18). You are right on. I am a Vandy fan so I naturally think that Foster is the MVP of the league. Wihtout Foster, we would have been below .500 easy.
Bradley, though, is "just another UK point guard," meaning that can score, pass, create, defend, and generally do everything at a very, very high level. Bradley is a handful but never seemed to garner the media plaudits to be a big time name on the college stage. Once Gillespie made nice with his seniors (Crawford and Bradley) and Patterson returned, UK's season turned around. That UK has stayed at a high level after Patterson's injury is a huge credit to Bradley, who has lifted his game even more in recent weeks.
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