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BBN Jam Round One: (2010) Wall & Cousins vs. (2006) Smith & Parker

Can Ryan Lemond’s favorite Kentucky basketball player contain Kentucky’s Great Wall?

If not for an unexpected loss to USC in the 2001 Sweet 16, the Tayshaun Prince-Keith Bogans combo could have potentially carried the Cats to a championship (in that tournament and this BBN Jam tournament). That loss forced a team reorganization, producing a combination featuring Tubby Smith’s loathed son and Jason Parker, a power forward that was poised to be one of the best bigs in the SEC in 2002 when he tore his ACL while dancing ahead of Big Blue Madness. That one bad dance turned into what we now know as ‘Team Turmoil.