Let’s begin with a state-of-the-club message delivered Saturday from the head basketball coach.
“If you’re a coach, you understand the mental part of this is as big as all the other stuff,” said Kentucky’s John Calipari, a firm believer in the importance of the mental stuff. “So, making sure they continue to believe in each other and themselves, yet holding them accountable. I’m not accepting something that’s lack of effort, not taking a charge, not diving on the ball, making a crazy play when you have a teammate wide-open. I’m not settling for that. But everything else, I’m good with this group. I’m good with them.”
This was Cal after his Cats had won their third straight game by snapping Texas A&M’s seven-game win streak by handing the Aggies their first SEC loss in six games. The final score was 76-67. Kentucky is now 13-6 overall, 4-3 in the SEC and in a much different headspace than it was less than two weeks ago.
