LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) Kentucky coach John Calipari took longer than usual to assemble another top-flight recruiting class good enough to raise national championship expectations.
Of course, those lofty projections don't ever change in Lexington.
But expecting these Wildcats to duplicate last year's school-record 38-0 start is probably unrealistic, especially with Calipari taking his usual long-term view that his team will look better in March than right now.
Though far from a rebuilding project after his so-called ''one-and-dones'' hung around longer than expected, the coach warned that it could ''get ugly'' early on as the newcomers adjust to the college game and his system.