For the first time in seven years, Kentucky has begun the season with a 9-1 record. The Wildcats’ success hasn’t gone unnoticed, landing at No. 5 in this week’s AP Top 25 and Net rankings . After Kentucky’s 78-67 win over Colgate on Wednesday, UK head coach Mark Pope revealed his perspective on the importance of rankings.
“Listen, I’m glad we are in the conversation and I’m glad we are in the national conversation,” Pope said . “That’s where we are supposed to be, it’s Kentucky, right? I’m really happy with all of that. More importantly, I just want us to be a great team, right? And we want to keep getting better.”
Kentucky showed it still has plenty of room for improvement on Wednesday. Despite being favored by over 30 points against Colgate entering the showdown, Kentucky was up by just two points at halftime…