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Is Nick Richards ready to embrace his inner dog for Kentucky basketball?

Kentucky coach John Calipari's postgame news conference after win over Vanderbilt. Jon Hale, Louisville Courier Journal

LEXINGTON – Reid Travis was one of the few Wildcats to struggle for most of Kentucky's blowout win at Vanderbilt on Tuesday.

But UK coach John Calipari was confident Travis’ performance this season was steady enough to make sure his one point in Nashville was no concern. So, with the Wildcats up big in the second half, he chose to focus his coaching efforts on a different big man.

"I told Reid I got to get Nick (Richards) in there and let him play through some of the stuff, because we’ve got to get Nick going," Calipari said.