Kentucky's looming matchup with Auburn screams trap game. The Wildcats have already handily beaten the Tigers, delivering arguably their best performance of the season in a 75-53 road win. Auburn is 9-13 on the season and in the bottom half of Southeastern Conference standings with a 3-6 league mark. Next up on the schedule for UK is a trip to second-ranked Florida, the team the Cats are chasing in the conference race.
Besides, Kentucky has already proven itself more than capable of overlooking an opponent.
“Personally, we have a problem with that,” Willie Cauley-Stein said on Friday. “It started with the Notre Dame game, Baylor game. We have a problem with taking people lightly.”
Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter's Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.