As several players ended their twitter accounts because of what Willie Cauley-Stein called “a bunch of negativity” from fans, Kentucky Coach John Calipari called for a love affair with the gym as a means toward a return to winning. “Individual players have to fall in love with that gym,” he said.
Kentucky lost its last two games — at Notre Dame and against Baylor, the latter snapping UK's 55-game home winning streak.
The Cats play again Tuesday night against visiting Samford (2-7).
Cauley-Stein said that teammates Alex Poythress, Kyle Wiltjer and Julius Mays had also turned off their twitter accounts. Ryan Harrow had done so in the pre-season.
Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter's Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.