Courier Journal's Dominique Yates and Jon Hale with Kentucky Kansas breakdown Scott Utterback, Louisville Courier Journal
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Defense should not slump. Defense does not depend on delicacy. It does not need to be as carefully calibrated as the angle of one’s elbow in relation to one’s wrist in executing a jump shot.
It requires perspiration and pride, coordination and common purpose. And it gives you a chance to win when your aim goes awry.
It should give Kentucky a chance to go far in the NCAA Tournament.
“I’d say the biggest change as far as us maturing is just our enthusiasm for defense,” UK forward Reid Travis said Saturday night.