Kentucky is who we thought it was — as of November 6, down three 7-footers playing with five freshmen in the current rotation.
Let’s get the negatives out of the way so we can get to the fun stuff. Frontcourt depth is an issue and the rebounding and interior defensive struggles are going to be there until the Wildcats get some bodies. 20 of New Mexico State’s points came inside, including seven second-chance points. And a lot of the damage came early, Kentucky settling in and finding ways to score elsewhere while getting rebounding help from the guards to combat those issues.