Could the “unwarranted arrogance” exhibited in the loss at South Carolina two weeks ago become arrogance warranted, or at least understandable, after Kentucky’s inspiring victory at West Virginia on Saturday?
UK Coach John Calipari hopes not.
“I told them, don’t get arrogant,” Calipari said at a news conference Monday. “ . . . There can’t be any arrogance here.”
Kentucky can build on the come-from-behind victory at West Virginia, Calipari said. The first chance for such construction comes Tuesday night against Vanderbilt.
With inconsistency being the mark of his most freshman-dependent team at Kentucky, Calipari made no promises of an upward-and-onward trajectory.