The Bluegrass Promised Land

Isamu Haynes-Sunayama - Sea of BlueWe are on the brink of the official unofficial start of the basketball season. The echoes of “Go Big Blue” have resounded off the rooftop at Rupp at Big Blue Madness, we have seen then the Blue-White game, and now we begin to watch some exhibition games as we prepare for the Kentucky Wildcats’ Revenge Tour to tip off against Duke in Madison Square Garden.

That opening game will be a delayed dream come true for one of the young men wearing the Wildcat uniform, and he is one of the most anticipated players to watch this year. He dreamed of playing Kentucky basketball and being coached by John Calipari.

But a few years ago those dreams seemed a million miles…