The Wildcats are now 3-0 in SEC play (12-3 on the season), and John Calipari still sees plenty of room – and time – for improvement. He may not be able to say it, but Kentucky’s head coach knows his team has “the big four” of Ashton Hagans, Tyrese Maxey, Immanuel Quickley and Nick Richards. That’s who he can realistically count on to show up and perform each and every game. The performances from the rest of the bench are a bit more sporadic.
The key to altering that reality cannot be done collectively; the entire team cannot wake up and decide, as a group, to simply be better.