Josh Harrellson's jersey will probably never hang in the rafters at Rupp Arena, that lofty place belongs to ghosts and legends of Kentucky Basketball.  In a few years the next generation of Kentucky Basketball fans will have to resort to the record book to find out who he was.  Josh will join that multitude of players who came and went without the fanfare that has accompanied those who's banners do hang in Rupp.

Josh Harrellson joins those players who spent just as much time in practice and study, trying to be the best they could, while helping those legends on to riches and glory.  We all look on in adoration when our heroes take the floor, and envy the road trips that they take, to sometimes exotic places to play before thousands of fans, and often times huge television audiences.  I once had the experience of traveling with the Kentucky Women's Basketball team as their analyst for radio.  Let me tell you, each away trip is an ordeal.  Every moment is orchestrated, each meal is scheduled, and every player is herded through, with only one thing in mind, give the best you have to win.

When Josh Harrellson gets honored on Senior Night he will have earned it.  Playing basketball at the level of Kentucky Basketball is work, plain and simple.  It's a job and most could never give the sacrifice that these players have given.  Josh has earned his night and just like hundreds before him he will be forgotten in time.  But on this night it sure will be fun to remember the great game he had against Louisville, the big smiles he flashed, and the pleasure we got from rooting for him. 

Josh Harrellson will probably never play in the NBA and earn millions of dollars.   He will never be thought of like those banners of the greats that hang in Rupp Arena, because when it really comes down to it,  he's just like us.  Nothing wrong with just being good and not great.  After all, that's what Josh Harrellson is, just a man of the people, he's just one of us.