Another season, another sterling recruiting class, another preseason No. 1 ranking and a not-so-healthy helping of expectations heaped on a young and mostly inexperienced Kentucky team. Just another day in the life of John Calipari.
Last year was an anomaly. With six players returning that could have potentially jumped to the NBA, plus a recruiting class that eventually turned out to be a No. 1 pick and two other lottery picks, that Wildcat team was absolutely stacked from top to bottom. A quest for 40-0 was cut short in the Final Four by Wisconsin.
Now Kentucky is back to "normal," if you can call it normal.