“You want guys to feel like their hard work is paying off,” John Calipari said following Kentucky’s win over Saint Joseph’s earlier in the week. He was talking about DJ Wagner and Justin Edwards, but the same can be said for back-of-rotation guys like Joey Hart.
The freshman out of Linton, IN got that moment Friday evening inside Rupp Arena. And it came in a record-breaking offensive effort for the Wildcats, his appearance being the icing on the 118-point cake.
Subbing in with 3:23 to go in the game, Hart passed up on a wide-open three from the left corner at the two-minute mark.