LEXINGTON, Ky. (WDRB) – I voted Kentucky first in the Associated Press college basketball pre-season poll. A friend associated with the team laughed and shook his head when I told him that Monday night in Rupp Arena before the Wildcats defeated Montevallo, 95-72, in their final exhibition game.
“That’s too high,” he said. “We’re just babies. We have to learn how to play hard and be tough.”
Sure. Get out the Kleenex. There are first-round NBA Draft picks stashed on the Wildcats’ bench. What other team in America has that?
“Doesn’t matter,” he said. “It takes time. It’s too early.”
Maybe. But I’m betting that John Calipari would not trade rosters with anybody, not Tom Izzo, Bill Self, Rick Pitino or Mike Krzyzewski. So how high would you rank this group?
“Maybe eighth,” he said.
I think he was joking, trying to dial down the expectations surrounding Calipari’s fifth Kentucky team. It’s not easy finding a super-sized serving of joy in a season when expectations are to be great from the first dribble – and then keep improving. You’ve got to find reasons to high-five before March arrives. Enjoy the journey and all that motivational gunk.
That’s difficult to do the way Calipari plays it, collecting more
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