VITALE: Orton, EB Would Be Better As UK Stars

Carolina Kat Fri May 07, 2010 7:52 pm

Updated: May 6, 2010, 3:19 PM ET

Roundball Chatter

By Dick Vitale
ESPN.com
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Each week I'll talk about the sport I love, college basketball:

• Why in the world are Daniel Orton and Eric Bledsoe leaving Kentucky? There is no way they are going to get any playing time in the NBA. They would be picked based on potential, potential, potential and they would be better off as stars in college -- improving and working on their respective games! There are too many kids in the draft right now, and several underclassmen will get burned based on numbers alone.

• There's been a shock in the recruiting world as Terrence Jones said no to Kansas and Kentucky and decided to join his high school buddy Terrence Ross at Washington! Both played in the state of Oregon and it will be interesting to see the reaction when the Huskies go to Eugene and Corvallis. Wow, what a super signing for Lorenzo Romar. Dana Altman was in the running late for Jones, but the new Ducks coach fell short.