Remember all those warm, bubbly quotes UK head coach John Calipari had about his team this summer and throughout the preseason? You know, the ones where he said this upcoming 2020-21 group has a chance to be special?
“We have to play this season because I have a good team. Whew, we’ve got to play,” Calipari told KSR back in July. “… We’re really good. We got some really good players. So I’m sitting here saying, [having a special group] has happened three or four times, but let me tell you what those teams have done. The teams you’re talking about became unbelievable teams.