John Calipari said this week he didn't have a team capable of “whomping” an opponent. The Kentucky coach said he couldn't imagine his team building a 20-point lead against anyone.
And as the Wildcats pulled away from Auburn for a 75-53 win Saturday night at Auburn Arena, some of Calipari's players took those words to heart.
“I heard it,” forward Kyle Wiltjer said after scoring 17 points to lead Kentucky and adding five assists and four rebounds against the Tigers. “When we started playing good and going down the stretch, we just kind of huddled together and said we need to start burying teams, because in the past we've kind of played around with them.”
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.