Freshman guard Archie Goodwin scored a game-high 32 points to highlight Kentucky's Blue-White Scrimmage on Wednesday at Rupp Arena, but it was a night that UK coach John Calipari said proves the Cats are a long way from where they need to be.
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October 25, 2012
HOOVER, Ala. --There is no mystery with John Calipari. If you want to know what the man thinks, just ask him.
"The biggest challenge is we're not a very good team right now," the Kentucky coach said the moment he arrived at SEC Basketball Media Day. "We don't defend very well as a team or as individual players. We don't rebound like we should with the...
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October 25, 2012
Kentucky coach John Calipari insists this building job lacks the usual foundation.
The defending national champion Wildcats lost six NBA draft picks and every starter, then reloaded with another top-rated recruiting class.
Calipari said at SEC media day Thursday anyone who picks his team preseason No. 1 ''needs to be drug-tested. We're not very good right now.'...
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October 24, 2012
There were many moments during Wednesday night's Blue-White scrimmage where Kentucky's freshmen justified the lofty expectations placed upon them.
Archie Goodwin showed some flash while scoring a game-high 32 points. Willie Cauley-Stein was a formidable post presence with 14 points and 12 rebounds.
Swingman Alex Poythress added 25 points with quickness and athleticism....
The college basketball season is a long one each and every year, even for the mighty Kentucky Wildcats. Coming off their first national title with John Calipari at the helm, the inexperienced group has an uphill battle ahead of itself in order to defend their crown.
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October 25, 2012
HOOVER, Ala. (AP) -- Kentucky coach John Calipari sounds like an exasperated professor who just started teaching Chinese to a bunch of freshmen.
Smart and talented they might be, but it's still a whole new language.
That's why the Wildcats coach scoffs at anybody who would anoint the defending national champions the team to beat.
"Whoever did that needs to be drug...
This KentuckyScout photo gallery features several images from the Wildcats' annual Blue-White Scrimmage on Wednesday at Rupp Arena, including Willie Cauley-Stein going over Nerlens Noel and Alex Poythress on this tough hook shot.
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October 25, 2012
There were many moments during Wednesday night's Blue-White scrimmage where Kentucky's freshmen justified the lofty expectations placed upon them.
Archie Goodwin showed some flash while scoring a game-high 32 points. Willie Cauley-Stein was a formidable post presence with 14 points and 12 rebounds.
Swingman Alex Poythress added 25 points with quickness and athleticism....
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October 26, 2012
Lose six players to the NBA Draft and the devastation would be insurmountale for most teams, but not John Calipari’s Kentucky Wildcats. Yes, the Wildcats are the only member of the 72 so-called BCS-affiliated basketball teams that do not have a returning starter, but another superior recruiting crop, headed by Nerlens Noel, who most recruiting pundits rated as the No. 1 player...
Kentucky freshman quarterback Patrick Towles returned to the practice field on Tuesday and, after a 17-day layoff from a high ankle sprain, needed to shake off some rust.
Alabama head coach Anthony Grant discussed how freshman forward Devonta Pollard is adjusting to the program, while Kentucky's John Calipari fielded questions regarding their all-access show on ESPN at SEC basketball media day Thursday.
Arkansas women's coach Tom Collen thinks sophomore point guard Calli Berna is ready to lead his team, Texas A&M head coach Gary Blair is looking forward to his return to Fayetteville and Kentucky coach John Calipari thinks Arkansas native Archie Goodwin needs to slow down.
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