LEXINGTON, Ky. — This Kentucky men’s basketball preseason has come with a few warning labels from John Calipari.
In the days after the Blue-White Game, the UK coach harped on his Wildcats’ defense. “I watched the tape,” he said after that scrimmage. “We stink defensively.”
Immediately before and after the team’s first exhibition game — when the Cats’ defense held Missouri Western State to 38 points — rebounding was a cause of concern for Calipari, who pointed out that the Division-II Griffons outrebounded the No. 4-ranked Wildcats, questioning his players’ toughness around the basket. “This thing is a man’s game,” he said. “It really is.”
