Ryan Harrow will never play a game this upcoming season, but that’s not to say he won’t have a significant role on the team.Each day in practice, freshman phenom Marquis Teague will take on starting point guard duties. But Teague won’t have an easy run at things, not if Harrow has anything to do with it.”There’s nothing like it,” said Harrow about facing Teague in practice. “We have to play hard against each other every game. If one of us lags off the other one is going to take advantage of that person and make them look stupid on the floor.”Harrow is known for his eyebrow-raising speed and quick handles with the ball. He can also drive past defenders and go up for dunks. In fact, when describing Harrow’s game, nearly the exact same attributes can be accredited to Teague’s game.The 6-foot-2 sophomore guard from Marietta, Ga., comes to Kentucky as a transfer from North Carolina State. Due to NCAA rules, Harrow will sit out the 2011-12 season, but he will still be able to practice with the Wildcats, and that alone will aide Kentucky in its quest to raise banner No. 8.Similar to Josh Harrellson facing Enes Kanter in practice every day last season, Harrow in 2011-12 will be asked to push Teague and thus push the team. With Harrow facing Teague, the age-old saying of practicing against the best to be the best rings out loud and clear on the practice courts at the Joe Craft Center.Despite being named the Georgia Gatorade Player of the Year and a top-20 prospect in the class of 2010 by Rivals.com, Harrow still didn’t receive the amount of attention of other star prospects because of committing to NC State fairly early in the recruiting process. As his freshman year approached, Harrow began having second thoughts about his commitment, but stayed true to his word.”My mom always raised me to be a man, and my mom said that was a man’s decision because after I committed, I was excited to go, but I wanted to make a change,” Harrow said. “But she was like, ‘No, you have to stay true to your commitment.’ “Harrow averaged 9.3 points and 3.3 assists per game as a freshman, starting seven of the Wolfpack’s final eight games of the season. In his first career start at Florida State, he scored 17 points in just 21 minutes of action. Walk around campus today and you hear whispers from people about his performances in pick-up games and his all-around skill set.”He’s one of the top guards I’ve ever played,” Teague said. “He’s real crafty with the ball, he’s very athletic for his size. He’s tough to guard. I feel like if I can guard him I can guard just about any guard in the country.”Though he will sit out this season, Harrow and UK head coach John Calipari do recognize the importance of working hard this year and what that can mean for next year.”He should be in the best position of any point guard I coached in that he’s got a year to be tutored without the pressure of having to play,” Calipari said. “He’s got a year to visually see it. He’s got a year to learn it. When he steps off that treadmill, he should be flying.”Harrow agrees, noting that Calipari has never had a five-star point guard stay more than a year in his recent four-year run of star guards at Memphis and Kentucky.”Me learning the system, me learning from a guy like Marquis Teague and battling against him every day in practice is going to be huge,” Harrow said.Off the court, the Wildcats have been one big family from the get-go. Whether it’s playing video games, going out to get a bite to eat, working out and getting shots up in the gym, or just hanging out at the Wildcat Lodge, everybody has been inseparable. It’s that bond and work ethic that Harrow believes will help guide them to their goal.”As long as we have that tight bond with each other we’ll do well and we’ll get to the ultimate goal,” Harrow said.”I just think that, even though we’re good already, we just want to be better. We want to make a statement. I know I can’t play this year, but I’m taking this year as, I’ll work as hard as I can so when I get on the floor next year I’m dominating. And I know that’s how these boys feel now.”