Kyle Wiltjer – photo by Albert Cesare | Opelika-Auburn New
John Calipari often jokes that he hasn’t been wrong since 1978 or 1977. If that truly is the case, his unbelievable steak ended Saturday night in Auburn, Ala. Just a game after saying his team wasn’t capable of being up 20 on anyone and wasn’t going to “whomp” on anyone this year, the Wildcats proved him wrong by smashing Auburn 75-53 in front of Auburn’s first sellout crowd of the year.
“Did I say that?” Calipari said with a sly smile on his face, knowing full well it motivated his team. “Wow!”
The Cats heard what Coach Cal said and did plenty of “whomping” on the Plains of Auburn without their biggest piece – Willie Cauley-Stein – back home in Lexington to get treatment on his injured left knee.
