One and done, not only describes the preferred variety of Kentucky recruits at the moment; it also summarizes your record.
The Wildcats dropped to 1-6 on Saturday after a loss to rival Louisville, dropping 62-59 after a 3-point attempt by Brandon Boston Jr. hit the rim when the doorbell rang. As a team, Kentucky hit just 34.5% of the field.
The defeat gives Kentucky much more than just the ignominy of falling for its rival in the state. The 1-6 record remains Kentucky’s worst since the 1926-27 season, and the team’s six-game losing streak is the longest under coach John Calipari.
Kentucky’s programming has been difficult
The team in the top 10 of the preseason started their season with a common dominance of Morehead State, but soon went through difficult times with a shocking defeat against Richmond. A 65-62 loss against current Kansas No. 3 could at least be seen as encouraging, but the end of the Wildcats’ season fell again with a loss to the previously unsuccessful Georgia Tech.
The defeats to Notre Dame, North Carolina and now Louisville followed, and it seems that Calipari now regrets putting so many opponents of the Power Five on the Kentucky schedule:
John Calipari: “This was the most stupid schedule I’ve ever done. I would like to hit myself in the mouth. “
– Jeff Borzello (@jeffborzello) December 26, 2020
Calipari later elaborated that he should have found some softer opponents early in the Wildcats’ schedule, via Adam Zagoria of Forbes:
“Listen, we should have played games in the attack that we had the chance to win, four or five of them and then we played four or five of the others,” said Calipari. “There are not eight difficult games and we still have Texas, which is in tenth place in the country.”
He said the schedule “was just stupid”.
Of course, Kentucky’s seemingly unfortunate programming is not entirely Calipari’s doing. Richmond and Georgia Tech were not supposed to be exactly challenges, and the Kansas game was part of the team’s annual participation in the Champions Classic. It is even strange that Calipari is regretting his schedule after the Louisville game, as this is also an annual rivalry game at the end of the Wildcats’ non-conference agenda.
Fortunately for Calipari, any additional complaints about the schedule can be redirected to the SEC, as Kentucky is scheduled to start its conference schedule the next time it takes the floor.
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