Early-season college basketball is a tough nut to evaluate. Teams are still working out the kinks, and with non-conference schedules full of big matchups and holiday tournaments, a true measure of performance and potential can be difficult to predict.
In other words, polls are useless. We know this. The only thing that really matters is what happens on the court. And with a month of games now under our collective belts, the picture is starting to get a little clearer. So what does it show?
For Kentucky, you might think that the answer is “not much.