John Calipari entered this season under more pressure than he has ever faced kentucky A) lost to St. Peters in the first round of the NCAA Tournament last March, B) had the worst season in modern British history two years ago, C) haven’t made the Final 4 since 2015, D ) Only one national title in 13 years in the UK, despite still regularly taking top nationally ranked recruiting classes.
The situation has deteriorated only 12 games into the season.
“They beat us pretty good.” Missouri After being No. 1 in KenPom.com’s preseason rankings, they dropped Kentucky to No. 40 in the NET, 8-4.
Wow.
More troubling than their 8-4 record is that the Wildcats are 0-4 against the top 45-ranked KenPom team and blown up by a Missouri program that finished 12-21 last season. On that note, shout out to Dennis Gates. First-year coach Mizzou inherited a confusing situation, but was loaded through the transfer portal and now has a team of 12 wins and 1 loss, with only one loss coming up. Kansas.
Missouri looks good. Gates looks great.
But the big national headline is that Kentucky enters January with zero Quadrant 1 wins and even fewer identities. and don’t clearly understand how to actually maximize the pieces programmatically. It’s a bad combination, and the season got off to a rough start, excluding the Wildcats from the CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 Daily College Basketball Rankings, updated Thursday morning.
Sure, Calipari has always had criticism, but what worries him is that his most ardent critics are die-hard fans of the program he’s running. career.
Still have time to get things right?
of course.
But history teaches us that when your own fans turn you to this degree, it’s hard to get them back fully, with KenPom predicting Kentucky will lose eight more times by Selection Sunday. The fact that the number of players in the game suggests that the Big Blue Nation is likely to spend the next game is more and more frustrated with a very expensive coach who is finding it harder than ever to meet expectations. 3 months.
Top 25 And 1 Ranking
