Last Saturday the Wildcats lost an up-and-down overtime thriller to Seton Hall at Madison Square Garden. The problems magnified in that performance seemed minuscule when point guard Quade Green announced on Wednesday that he’s leaving the team. Now the backcourt is missing its most-experienced player and top three-point shooter.
Adversity is striking this team much quicker than anticipated. Today we’ll find out if it forces them to rise to the occasion, or will they resort back to bad habits against an average PAC-12 foe?
John Calipari has talked about tweaking UK’s offense multiple times this week. Along with a new backcourt rotation, today could be the beginning of UK’s turnaround, or another early-season slog at Rupp Arena.