Even before UK’s current three-game losing streak — the first such skid under John Calipari — fans, pundits and the Wildcats’ coach himself had been offering various diagnoses to what ails this young Kentucky basketball team.
Three such problems were pinpointed even before the season started, and all three remain problems 25 games into this campaign, which is entering a troublesome stretch of over the next few weeks.
The lack of elite talent, veteran leadership and outside shooting were all seen as possible hindrances to another Final Four run months ago as the 2017 recruiting cycle was coming to a close, long before the first ball was tipped in November.