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Calipari on Jarred Vanderbilt: “If he can’t get ready this year, then he won’t play this year.”

John Calipari spoke with ESPN’s Jeff Borzello today at SEC Basketball Media Day and it sounds like freshman Jarred Vanderbilt could be out a little longer than first reported.

He could miss the entire season.

Kentucky head coach John Calipari left open the possibility freshman forward Jarred Vanderbilt could be out an extended period of time with his left foot injury.

“If he’s not 100 percent, he won’t play,” Calipari told ESPN at SEC Media Day on Wednesday. “If he can’t get ready this year, then he won’t play this year.”

Vanderbilt suffered the injury in late September, and a three-month timetable was originally placed on his return.