LEXINGTON, Ky. — We’ve heard it all before, right? The fabulous freshmen class. The deadeye shooters who knock down every shot in practice. The team-bonding culture that makes this the closest Kentucky basketball team ever. Rinse and repeat.
Yet for someone, i.e. me, who has been a bit skeptical about the hype surrounding this 2022-23 Wildcats edition, I have to admit being impressed by UK’s 95-63 rout of Howard in the regular-season opener Monday night at Rupp Arena.
Yes, the opponent was Howard, a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference team that was 16-13 last season and ranked No. 230 in Ken Pomeroy’s preseason number-crunching. Yes, the Cats were expected to make quick work of their mid-major foe.
