If Andy Kennedy is the dean of SEC basketball based solely on length of tenure, John Calipari is the conference’s resident success-hog: an undeniable basketball mind and star recruiter at the height of his powers, armed yet again with a young but supremely talented core of freshmen and sophomore phenoms.
But we’re not here to give you the tale of the tape. Comparing tempos and efficiencies and matchups-in-isolation is for the birds. No, we’re here to help you get through what could be a bloodbath in The Pavilion — or, conversely, a tight conference showdown with barrels of points and screaming fast stretches of fun-as-hell basketball.