The Kentucky Wildcats are still licking their wounds after suffering a terrible loss on the road in South Bend Saturday evening. A court-storming gut-punch isn’t exactly how John Calipari wanted his team’s first true road-test of the season to culminate.
After dropping to 7-2 on the season, clamors for a different approach to Calipari’s scheduling philosophy have rung louder than ever in the Commonwealth.
Did seven straight cupcake games fail to prepare a newly assembled roster for a Power 5 road game?
Hard to argue against it at this point.
As if losing to a very average Notre Dame team wasn’t bad enough — UK was surprisingly pushed around in the paint — creating concerns heading into battles against much tougher competition.