There is only one on-court New Year’s resolution that matters for the Kentucky Wildcats — and they’re not waiting until 2025 to get it figured out. Combining media appearances from Mark Pope , Jaxson Robinson and Lamont Butler on Monday leading up to the team’s New Year’s Eve matchup vs. Brown, the phrase ‘ball screen defense’ was uttered over a dozen times by the trio.
What has the team been working on since returning to campus after the Christmas holiday on December 26? You guessed it.
“Ball screen defense was a massive priority, and it’s going to continue to be,” Pope said during his call-in radio show. “It’ll be a work in progress every day from now through the rest of the season.”…