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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 07-17-2018, 09:34 PM:

John Calipari likes his team. What’s new, right? But, he like, really likes this one. And how can we tell?

He decided on a whim last week to conduct a whistle-stop tour through the heart of the state on Sunday: Frankfort to Midway to Lexington aboard a train, hopping off at each stop to sign hundreds of autographs and pose for pictures with fans who ranged in age from diapers to, well, diapers. Why?

Because Calipari is already swooning over his 2018-19 Kentucky basketball team and he wants Big Blue Nation to love these Wildcats, too.

“I want these guys to know the impact they have on people in the state,” Calipari said Sunday evening in Midway after every player and coach signed posters and basketballs and anything else they were presented for 90 straight minutes. “I’m getting a great vibe from this group. I was in my office last night — I went in at 10 — and they didn’t know I was up there. I look out and there are like 10 of them in the gym, but they’re not playing; they’re just sitting there talking. They had been done playing.

“I told them, ‘There’s a spirit about this group right now.’ We talked about how they’re going to have to share, be about their teammates and why we play here.”

Individually, many of the 5-star recruits — Calipari has eight of those on this new roster — play at Kentucky because it’s the best place to spend a year or two before entering the NBA draft. But to the fans who lined up for hours to meet them, the whole point is hanging national championship banners.

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Posted by Bama Cat (Member # 153) on 07-17-2018, 11:01 PM:

Come see me after the first couple home football games. The 2014 team was about as together as any team I've seen. All but maybe 2 of them would come out to all the home FB games, as well as the girls team. If I see them in the corner of the end zone during these games I'll let you know. I think I saw 3 of them one game last year.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 07-18-2018, 04:06 PM:

When you have eight 5 star players on your team you definitely have the makings of a very talented team. Now it's up to the Cal to teach them to play together and get the most out of their talent.