Five things to know about Kentucky basketball’s opponent on Wednesday night, the Monmouth Hawks:
1. Monmouth has yet to win a game this season
The Hawks are 0-7. They lost 85-61 to Lehigh; 87-74 at Colgate; 78-63 at St. Joseph’s; 71-53 to West Virginia; 64-53 to Valparaiso, 87-63 to Cal-State Fullerton and 60-57 to Princeton.
Monmouth actually led Princeton 47-37 with 8:58 remaining only to lose by three points to the Tigers. To show you just how much John Calipari is focusing on his own team, the Kentucky coach didn’t even bring that up in his day-before press conference on Tuesday.