Its almost Big Baby time....can you feel it?  It is one of my favorite times....one of the few basketball players with a distinct personality, the cherubic Big Baby enters the lives of Kentucky fans once again as the Cats play at LSU on Saturday.  Big Baby is a truly interesting character....more like Charles Barkley than most realize....and while LSU's success has also been attributed to Tasmin Mitchell and Tyrus Thomas, he is the centerpiece of that team.

I cant wait to watch him play again on Saturday....I hope he loses, but I cant help but be entertained.

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