Near the end of his press conference after Kentucky’s 70-66 come-from-behind win over Arkansas on Tuesday night, John Calipari posed a question.
“Do we have a guy not playing?” asked the UK coach.
It was a rhetorical question. We knew the answer, as did the head coach. Reid Travis isn’t playing. The grad transfer from Stanford, a 6-foot-8 starting forward, hasn’t played since spraining his knee at Missouri on Feb. 19. So far, Travis has missed two games. So far, so good. Saturday, the Cats whipped Auburn 80-53. Tuesday, the Cats overcame a 15-point deficit to run down the Razorbacks.