Remember all the John Calipari talk about fight, will to win and possession-by-possession execution rather than his Kentucky players trying to be cute or go Hollywood?
Those admonitions came to mind in a 74-67 win at Vanderbilt on Saturday.
UK needed those qualities, as Calipari all but predicted Friday when he called trips to famed and quirky Memorial Gym “always a hard game for us.”
It was again. And never mind that Vandy was the only Southeastern Conference team with an overall losing record. The Commodores came into the game with a Ratings Percentage Index of No.