There’s no other way to put it: The Kentucky Wildcats are red-hot, as they enter a weekend showdown against Mississippi State. Kentucky enters the weekend ranked No. 5 in the country and winners of 19 of their last 21 games.
Still, while the Wildcats pursue another Final Four berth and potentially a national title, we all know that John Calipari and his staff never stop working to put together the pieces for next year’s team.
Some of them are already known. McDonald’s All-Americans Tyrese Maxey and Kahlil Whitney are committed, as is Dontaie Allen, with the very realistic possibility that several others (Immanuel Quickley, Jemarl Baker, Nick Richards and E.