by UK’s guards accounted for 141 of the 204 points scored in the annual blue-white scrimmage. Bam Adebayo led the big men with 20 points and 12 rebounds. He was joined in posting a double-double by senior Derek Willis (Arapaho/Pawnee), who had 13 points and a game-high 13 rebounds. Isaac Humphries (knee soreness) and Tai Wynyard (left cheek fracture) missed the game and are day to day due to injury.
With an exhibition matchup with Clarion next Sunday at 7 p.m., it’s time for the Wildcats to begin preparing to play real games. That’s why on Saturday Calipari will for the first time put Briscoe, Fox and Monk on the same team.
“We got to figure it out,” Calipari said. “We haven’t played them all together. We’re going to start tomorrow, will be the first day that I’ll play all three of those guys together. Had a great meeting with those three today. We got a lot to figure out. It’s going to be organic, as it always is here. We got to figure out different rotations, who plays better with whom.”
Playing together is an exciting prospect for the three dynamic guards.
“Oh, we’ve been trying to do that since we got here,” Monk said. “We’re just ready to work.”
How the rotation shakes out remains to be seen, but there is one thing Calipari sees as a certainty.
“My guess is we would never be on the court without either Isaiah or De’Aaron,” Calipari said. “One of those two, and probably 20 minutes a game will be both of them. Then how do we play?”
