This time last year, John Calipari talked repeatedly about how he was trying to keep his team loose ahead of the first-round game vs. Saint Peter’s. That obviously didn’t work, and as Kentucky faces another first-round game — and potentially, another first-round loss — Calipari is doubling down on his mission. So far, his players say it’s working.
“Yesterday, a moment that really stuck out to me was, on the bus after team dinner we were all having really a good time on the bus joking around with each other,” Junior forward and team captain Lance Ware said.