You don’t ever want to move past a performance like the one Kentucky put together Wednesday night inside Rupp Arena, defeating Kentucky Wesleyan by a final score of 123-52 to open exhibition play. At the same time, it is just exhibition play and you want to get the real stuff started sooner rather than later. 71-point wins that don’t count won’t hang banners, after all!
But they sure are fun, and we’re gonna milk every ounce of content we can from it until the Cats take the floor for another one vs. Minnesota State on Tuesday. That’s what tonight’s leftovers are for on 4-Point Play, digging into some of the quotes lost in the chaos this week.
Let’s dig in.
Mark Pope and the Kentucky coaching staff set a target of 35 3-point attempts per game this offseason and followed that up with 42 in the team’s debut. Somehow, the Wildcats hit 21 of those …