The Kentucky Wildcats have stuck to the script since Mark Pope first arrived in Lexington, treating every game as if it’s the biggest on their schedule. Last year, Wright State and Bucknell were the same as Duke and Louisville. You can’t overlook teams when you have a target on your back playing for the winningest tradition in college basketball history — Evansville sure made the most of that in 2019, despite coming in ranked No. 294 nationally by KenPom.
Growing up in Kentucky, Trent Noah knows exactly why you respect every team that comes through that door, because you’re always going to get their best.