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Is this John Calipari's most disappointing Kentucky team ever?

AUBURN, Ala. -- There's no built-in excuse in Lexington this time.

In 2013, the lone season in which John Calipari was left out of the NCAA tournament, lottery pick Nerlens Noel went down because of a torn ACL in mid-February. The Wildcats were hardly a lock to go dancing at the time, but Noel's season-ending injury was the common refrain among Big Blue Nation for why the team lost five of its last nine games and earned a spot in the NIT.

This team is full strength now that Jarred Vanderbilt returned about a month ago, but the Wildcats are free-falling following Wednesday night's 10-point loss at Auburn -- giving them their first four-game losing streak since Calipari was hired in 2009.