Julius Randle – photo by Chet White | UKAthletics.com
With less than a minute to go and the outcome all but certain on Saturday, the white-out crowd at the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill, N.C. started chanting at the Kentucky Wildcats, “O-ver-ra-ted!” Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap. “O-ver-ra-ted!” Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap.
The chant, as senseless as it may be for the home crowd, may carry some weight with the nation's preseason No. 1 team. After an 82-77 loss to No. 18/21 North Carolina, UK's third loss in 11 games to open the season, John Calipari is likely hoping it strikes a chord with a young bunch he says isn't a very good team right now.
“We're not a good team because our emotion is based on individual play instead of our team play,” Coach Cal said.
It's a talented team no doubt, one that looks to be getting tougher after Calipari questioned his players' fight in the loss to Baylor.
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.
