Getting a win at Auburn was already going to be a challenge for this team, but now that Sharife Cooper is eligible, well, Kentucky’s backcourt really needs to step it up. Cooper is averaging 27 points, 4.5 rebounds, 10.5 assists and 2.5 steals in his first two games, and as someone who recruited him, John Calipari knows all too well how dangerous the former five-star prospect can be.
“He’s played two games and they’re scoring like 25 points a game more,” Calipari said. “They’re scoring 15 in transition with him at point and the reason is, like some of the great guards that I’ve had, that ball hits his hand and it may be out of his hand in a half second up the court.