
Last season, UK forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist worked his way into a leadership role for the eventual national-champion Wildcats, but he acknowledged early in the year his initial hesitation at assuming that role because of his youth.That has not been a problem so far for freshman guard Archie Goodwin. “This team is a lot newer than that team. They had a few guys that came back,” Goodwin said in a preseason interview with KyForward. “With this being a new team and the guys seeing how hard I work every day…it makes it a little easier to listen to me than if I were a guy finishing last, just dragging through everything.