Some ideas are so bad, they just won’t die.
One of those is the hearty perennial that the University of Kentucky should somehow be obligated to offer a scholarship each season to the high school player chosen as the state of Kentucky’s Mr. Basketball.
These are frustrating times for UK men’s basketball backers. The Wildcats (17-8, 6-6 SEC) have lost three games in a row for the first time in the John Calipari coaching era. UK has a daunting schedule remaining, starting with Wednesday night’s visit to SEC-leading Auburn (22-3, 10-2).
This season of vexation for Cats fans comes in a year when UK boasts a roster that, for the first time since the university started awarding basketball scholarships, does not feature one recruited, in-state scholarship player.