Kentucky has had their fair share of injuries this season, with Jaland Lowe missing six games and returning against Gonzaga last week for the first time since Nov. 11, Mo Dioubate being out with an ankle sprain since Nov. 18, and of course Jayden Quaintance, who is working his way back from an ACL injury back in March. In that time, Kentucky has made different looks in its starting lineup, especially at the four and five spots.
Mark Pope has been going with Kam Williams at the four lately with Malachi Moreno at the five. Brandon Garrison, in fact, hasn’t been in the starting lineup since Michigan State. Pope has been sending a message to him, and as for Williams, the same went for him last game when he didn’t play the entire first half likely due to lack of effort in practice, which led the way for Trent Noah to get the start, who Pope said after the game is “all in,” not lacking effort. That’s true, because he gave a lot of it on Tuesday.
With Jaland Lowe working his way back into playing normal minutes and Quaintance getting ready to join the fold, Pope still plans to continue tweaking the starting lineup often, continuing to experiment with what is working on a game-by-game basis…