The matchup with Miss. State comes after a galvanizing victory at Auburn and ahead of a Top 10 battle with Kansas. The middle leg of Calipari’s first three-game stretch against ranked teams at Kentucky is the perfect position for a trap game.
This isn’t the same ole Mississippi State. The Bulldogs are 14-3 with solid wins over Dayton, Clemson, Saint Mary’s and Cincinnati. The Weatherspoon brothers, Quinndary (16.6 ppg) and Nick (10.2 ppg.), provide the Bulldogs’ one-two punch, with Owensboro product Aric Holman (12.4 ppg., 8.1 rpg.) holding down the fort in the paint.
Saturday’s win was spectacular, but the Cats can not dwell on it for long.