On a team packed with talent and size, one player stands out because of his competitive spirit.
He may not come in the largest of bodies, but freshman point guard Tyler Ulis makes up for it with tenacity.
The freshman has helped seal several road victories for the No. 1 Kentucky Wildcats (18-0, 6-0 SEC) over the course of the season. In the first true road game for the Cats against in-state rival and then-No. 4 Louisville, the freshman point guard went off, scoring a career-high 14 points without a single turnover. Against Texas A&M, the first Southeastern Conference road game, Ulis' 3 – his only points in the game – with 86 seconds left helped seal a 70-64 win over the Aggies. In Tuscaloosa against Alabama, the freshman put up his third double-digit scoring performance of the season, finishing with 11 points, going 3-of-4 from behind the line.
Ulis has been called a “fly” on defense by his teammates, keeping his body pushed into the opposing player he's guarding.
Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter's Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.