It’s time for one final test ahead of the holidays and the start of SEC play, Kentucky set to take on Rick Pitino and the St. John’s Red Storm — a chance for Mark Pope to take on his former head coach, this time down in Catlanta in front of a sea of blue.
The Wildcats have not performed well against name-brand competition to start the year, but finally got the monkey off their backs with a double-digit win vs. Indiana a week ago. Can they keep the momentum rolling in the CBS Sports Classic, making up for how things went against Ohio State in the same event this time last year?