Throughout the 2019-20 basketball season, Kentucky head coach John Calipari and his assistants have been outspoken about their desire for current players to show fight, effort, and intensity on the floor, and why the current production on that front simply isn’t enough.
Calipari himself dedicated essentially the entire month of December to preaching two words to his team: “fight” and “finish.”
“That’s all I’m focused on right now,” Calipari said following the team’s Dec. 7 victory over Fairleigh Dickinson. “Fight. What does that mean? That means when you’re playing against another guy, you’re not just exchanging baskets.