re: So, what does UK basketball need to do to improve

I think WCS hit the nail on the head after the Baylor game. They are not last years team. To be honest, I think last years team spoiled most of us, but they were once a decade talented and selfless. Any of the 7 that got significant playing time last year could drop 25 and were totally ok with scoring 10 if the team won. This team looks like they are just showing up and expecting to win based on their talent, which I think is very typical of a team full of deer in headlights freshmen. This team I believe very much resembles the Brandon Knight led Kentucky team that was drilled by Connecticut in Maui that everyone wrote off when they continued to lose SEC road games, but made the Final Four. That team did at least have upperclassmen like Harrelson and and Miller to keep the kids on track. I think the biggest thing is making these kids realize that EVERY team they play is going to come at their heads and they are going to have to match that intensity, because without that they are going to be flat. I see no need to worry just yet, because they are still working out the kinks in an offense that has 3 or 4 guys capable of leading the team in scoring but have no proven way to get them the ball yet, but that will definitely come with time. Each of the last 3 years, Cal's teams have gotten progressively better as the year went on. Along with all of this, making these kids play against a zone in practice and telling them how to handle it would obviously help them a lot as well.