The injury bug has bitten Kentucky as hard as just about any team in the country this season. It was expected that Arizona State transfer Jayden Quaintance would miss some time with his long-standing issues, but he’s played just four games, starting point guard Jaland Lowe played just nine, and more recently, starting wing Kam Williams has been sidelined with a foot injury.
Lowe is out for the season, and it’s unlikely that Quaintance makes another appearance, but Mark Pope did provide the slightest glimmer of hope that Williams could get back onto the floor for the Cats this season in his Thursday press conference ahead of Saturday’s matchup with SEC-leading Florida.
Pope was asked if there would ever come a point that he’d rule Quaintance and Williams out for the year, and his response was surprisingly adamant…