John Calipari released a statement about Tyler Ulis, who he calls the best floor general he has ever coached:
"I've coached a lot of great leaders and great point guards in all my years of coaching. Tyler Ulis is the best floor general that I've ever coached.
What I loved is he grew into that position. You couldn't speed him up and you couldn't slow him down unless he wanted to do one of those things. He coached the team this season as much as I did, and I'm proud to say that.
Tyler did it on both ends of the floor. Being named the defensive player of the year in the SEC is quite an honor if you look at the past award winners. On the offensive end, not only was he efficient, he accounted for 17.3 points and 7.0 assists per game.
I still remember the comments when we signed Tyler: 'Cal finally got himself a four-year point guard!' After two years, at his size, projected as a middle first-rounder -- it's truly an amazing story in itself. I'm going to miss him dearly because now it appears that all the coaching will fall back on my lap."
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