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Did illness and injury lessen the benefit of Kentucky basketball's 'tune-up' games?

LEXINGTON – The Kentucky basketball fans who have chosen to let their season tickets sit empty during at least part of a seven-game homestand against low-major opponents are not the only people ready to see the Wildcats face a quality opponent again.

“Yes, of course,” junior forward Jacob Toppin said after Kentucky recorded its sixth consecutive win last week in an 85-57 drubbing of Central Michigan. “We’re playing against these teams that aren’t as good as the teams we’re going to be facing later on, but we’re definitely eager to play a really good team.