2,000 wins: Will it happen tonight?

Kentucky takes the Drexel Dragons tonight and, barring something unforeseen (aka an upset), as of 9pm the Wildcats will have beaten fellow bluebloods UNC and Kansas in the race for 2,000 wins.

We will get into the significance more when Kentucky actually wins tomorrow, but there is one thing that I think it really interesting: both the head coach and the superstar of the record-setting Wildcat team have participated in 0.5% of those 2,000 wins.

Seriously, John Wall has played 10 games in Lexington.

Calipari has coached 11.

Do you think that the 2,000th win actually means anything to them?

Sure, they are going to say the right things in the paper and on ESPN. No one in the country can play the media and public relations game better than Coach Cal. And in the short time that Wall has been in the spotlight, he seems like he has learned how to say the right thing.

But do they really care?

Probably not.

Personally, I'm not that big into milestones or records based on longevity. Does being the first to reach 2,000 wins really mean that Kentucky is the best program ever? Does it actually say anything about the current state of the Kentucky program?

Roberto Clemente had 3,000 career hits in major league baseball before he was killed in a plane crash. If one of those hits had been scored an error and he finished with 2,999, would he be any less of a hitter? Barry Sanders is no where near the all-time leader in rushing yards, but how many running backs in the history of football would you rather have in their prime?

Career milestones are great for sports writers and making inanimate objects, like ticket stubs and game balls, worth obscene amounts of money, but beyond that, do they really serve a purpose?