The biggest problem Kentucky has right now is not shooting, rebounding, or Xs and Os. It is that nobody looks particularly fired up to play basketball for the University of Kentucky. Denzel Aberdeen basically said that on Monday, admitting the team’s lack of energy and effort, while adding that “nothing is wrong with the team.”
So here we are. NC Central is on deck. They are ranked No. 350 of 365 in KenPom, so the outcome will not change anyone’s opinion about the big picture. If Kentucky blows them out, the reaction will be “good, that is what you are supposed to do.