During Kentucky basketball Media Day Thursday, Coach John Calipari set basic building blocks for his latest vast rebuilding project.
Great defense.
Fly up the down the court.
Teach the Dribble-Drive offense in hopes of making assertive drives to the basket a basic approach.
“We’re really going to zero in on rebounding,” Calipari said, “because I think that’s one thing this team should be good at and needs to be good at.”
With another freshman-oriented team, Calipari said that there were many questions surrounding the team He spoke of experimentation early in the season to settle on strengths and weaknesses.
Jerry Tipton of the Lexington Herald- Leader has covered Kentucky basketball since the 1981-82 season. That time includes five coaches, five Final Fours, four athletic directors, two interim athletic directors and many memories. Before coming to Lexington, Tipton worked eight years for the Huntington (W.Va.) Herald-Dispatch. He covered Marshall’s basketball team for two seasons before coming to the Herald-Leader.
