"Must Read" for a UK basketball fan.....thank you bluedaisy!!

I want to thank tenken for the link to the Dan Patrick article on Coach Cal.....it's a summary written by DP of what Coach Cal said on the Dan Patrick show today. After reading it I started reading the responses which featured the usual UK haters and supporters but then I got to the post of bluedaisy which I've copied below. I wish I could thank her?? personally but this public thank you is all I can do.

It may be "borrowed" from a source but I've never read anything quite like it and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. From bluedaisy...................

To All of You Anti-Big Blue Nation Fans....this sums it up best!! "It's not a coach. It's not a player. It's pride...tradition. It's a 5 year old with a cat paw on his cheek saying, "Beat Louisville!" It's not a game. It's not a season. It's pride....tradition. It's expecting to be dancing every year where most pray to be. It has no beginning. It has no end. It's pride....tradition. It's waiting for midnight ... See More madness when the March buzzer rings. Players that come are in awe of it. Players that leave treasure it. Players that oppose despise it. It's pride....tradition. It's getting the best from every opponent in hopes to top it. Rupp built it. Hall polished it. Sutton shamed it. Pitino restored it. Smith nourishes it. It's pride....tradition. Keightly has served it. Happy sang to it. Cawood lived it. It's pride....tradition. Digger hates it. Vitale and Packer are jealous of it. McGuire realized it. It's pride....tradition. What is Kentucky Basketball? It's "Blue and White" and "Go Big Blue" It's "C!-A!-T!-S! Cats!, Cats!, Cats!" It's pride....tradition. It's more than a pastime It's more than a hobby. To some it's a religion. It's pride....tradition. It's K-E-N-T-U-C-K-Y on the jerseys. Win or Lose, that's all that matters to me." They can argue all they want in North Carolina, Indiana and Kansas. In Kentucky, we know there is no other state where basketball matters more than here.To understand the commonwealth's love affair with putting an orange ball through a round hoop, you have to know the history of KY Basketball...WAY TO GO TEAM!...