Watching Brandon Garrison play like this exactly one game after getting benched reminded me of my all-time favorite Bobby Knight quote. (Against Indiana, no less!)
NEWS: ASU transfer Jayden Quaintance, a projected top-5 pick in 2026, has committed to Mark Pope and Kentucky, his father Haminn, told ESPN.
Quaintance decommitted from Kentucky precisely a year ago after John Calipari left for Arkansas.
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I don’t think this reflects on Pope. It reflects on the team. If you don’t bring the same intensity, you’ll let the smaller teams beat you just as easy as the big teams.
It meant more to Arkansas and they deserve to win. We win big games, lose the smaller ones. It’s because this team has yet to grasp that every game at Kentucky is somebody’s biggest game. If you don’t bring it like it’s yours, they’re gonna beat you.