How Kentucky and Northern Kentucky match up at every position — with a game prediction:
Small forward
u25aa Has Kentucky survived the “Monk funk?” Since scoring 27 points in UK’s home-finale victory over Vanderbilt, freshman star Malik Monk — the tallest of the three guards in the Cats’ starting lineup at 6-foot-3 — has made only 14 of 43 field goals, three of 15 three-pointers over four games. If you are a glass-half-full type, you note UK won all four of those games with its leading scorer (20.4 ppg) struggling and figure Monk is past due for an offensive explosion.