Throughout the preseason and amid some early struggles, John Calipari repeatedly uttered the same declaration about his latest group of Wildcats.
“This should be the best three-point shooting team I’ve had here,” he said before UK played Monmouth on Nov. 28, a variation of the same idea he’s been pushing for the past few months.
These Cats sure didn’t look the part early in the season.
Through its first six games, Kentucky made just 30 of 91 three-point attempts, a 33.0-percent clip and far below the expectations of both Calipari and his players. “This should be my best shooting team.