catmandoo
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posted 11-16-2019 11:26 AM
Utah Valley’s first-year coach, Mark Madsen, has a nickname that should resonate in the Big Blue Nation this basketball season. Since the fifth grade, he’s been known as “Mad Dog.”
For several weeks now, Kentucky Coach John Calipari has wondered aloud about his team’s toughness and its ability to growl. On Monday, UK will play a Utah Valley team that Madsen has described as defined by toughness and tenacity.
“If you look at our players, from one to 15, our group of guys is scrappy, tough and gritty,” Madsen said in a telephone conversation Friday. “And that’s kind of the way we play.”
Kentucky is coming off a 67-64 loss to Evansville in which Calipari cited a lack of toughness as largely responsible for a stunning defeat. When asked to appraise UK’s toughness, Madsen accentuated the positive.
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