Now on his fourth team in five years, Tre Mitchell has seen plenty of college basketball. From the mid-major ranks to the Power 5, the 6-foot-9 power forward has experienced bouts of personal success at all of his previous stops. But he’s never played for someone like John Calipari, who is letting Tre be, well, Tre, for the first time during his college career.
“A big thing that (Calipari) emphasized to me was ‘I want you to be the best you’,” Mitchell said during Wednesday’s SEC Media Day. “Some coaches, you go to different programs and they want you to fit into a system, but Coach Cal just wants you to be able to play your game at the highest level.