Freshman BJ Boston and UK have only four regular-season games left unless John Calipari adds games before the SEC Tournament. (SEC Photo)
Counting today’s game at Tennessee, Kentucky has four games left on the schedule. The Cats are slated to host Texas A&M Tuesday and Florida on Feb. 27 before playing at Mississippi on March 2. Even if the Cats win all four games, that would leave them at 11-13 going into the SEC Tournament unless games postponed and/or canceled can be added between the Ole Miss game and the start of SEC tourney play on March 10.
Kentucky had a game with South Carolina postponed on December 29 because of COVID-19 issues at South Carolina. The Cats had a game with Texas canceled on January 30.
Kentucky coach John Calipari said Friday UK “could” reschedule a game or two depending on what direction the Southeastern Conference decides to take the week before the conference tournament.
“We only have one league game to make up, and I don’t know,” Calipari said. “What I might do is if they’re saying we’re not making up that game based on seeding like they’ll make it -– South Carolina has missed a lot of games. So, they can’t play five games, four games in a week.
“So which games are the most important that they make up for the (conference tournament) seeding? Whatever that is and if we’re not one of them, we have a week (with no games scheduled).”
If that is the scenario, Calipari said he would try to schedule a “couple of games” and it might not be that hard to do.
“I’ve had a couple of athletic director friends of mine who are at mid-majors that have said, ‘Hey if you want to play us, let us know.’ So that’s a possibility,” the UK coach said.
