[honestjchsfan]

I don't think the 1996 UK team played anyone that was even close to the 2012 UK team on the defensive end. I been watching UK basketball since 1976 and this was IMO the best defensive team to suit up in the Blue and White. In 96 UMass team was a good defensive team with Camby but that team didn't have a MKG and a TJ to go along with him. Plus if the 96 team was to play the 2012 team at the same age as the 2012 team is now, meaning as 18 and 19 year olds the 2012 team would win BIG. The 96 team was deeper and had a bunch of guys go pro but this 2012 team has more than one guy that can become NBA hall-of-famers! Looking back I am not sure the 96 team is that much better than the 98 team. Last time I checked Nazr Mohammed and Jamaal Magloire have had longer NBA careers than anybody form the 96 group. The 78 team sent a lot of guys to the NBA too, and people forget about the 109-75 beat down they put on a USSR team that had won the bronze metal in the 1976 Olyimpic games many of those same Russian players were part of the Gold medal winning team of 1972.