Yesterday, I made the drive up to Lexington for the UK Basketball Women’s Clinic, my fifth time covering the event. After the football team’s disappointing performance in Starkville, spending the afternoon with the basketball team and 750 basketball-loving ladies was just the medicine I needed. Here are my takeaways from three hours in Memorial Coliseum…
1. John Short was a rock star
When I walked into the clinic, the buzz in the building didn’t surround John Calipari or his players; it surrounded John Short, who attended the clinic as an invited guest.