Kentucky has battled injuries all season long, and now it seems that the healthy players Mark Pope still has on his roster have finally worn down. The Wildcats fell to Florida 92-83 on Saturday, then dropped a Tuesday night matchup with Georgia at Rupp Arena 86-78.
The mounting losses for the 17-9 (8-5) Cats have Big Blue Nation rightfully wondering if Pope can pull his team out of this recent spiral, or if this season is heading for a complete collapse with a roadtrip to Auburn on deck Saturday and five games remaining in the regular season.
All year, Pope has found solutions for nearly every problem that has popped up with the different iterations of his starting lineup and rotation, but this recent losing skid has been defined by a new issue, and it’s one that even the struggling Auburn Tigers in Steven Pearl’s first season look equipped to exploit.
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