BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — First-year Arkansas men’s basketball coach John Calipari touched on many topics during his appearance at SEC media day. It’s a stage he is familiar with from his now 16 years in the league. He joked that he took a COVID test in hopes that he could avoid showing up,
One of the key topics Calipari spoke about was defense. His Kentucky team was rated 109th in defensive efficiency last season, per KenPom, 21 places worse than the second-worst year.
Adding associate head coach Kenny Payne back to his staff may alleviate some of those issues, but the players need to be SEC-ready defenders.