Three things I want to see out of Kentucky basketball's exhibition game vs Georgetown College

The Kentucky Wildcats will unofficially tip off their 2023-24 basketball season at home against the Georgetown College Tigers on Friday, October 27th.

Kentucky is coming off of a disappointing season where John Calipari led the Wildcats to a 22-12 season that concluded with a second-round exit in the NCAA tournament.

This will be the first of two exhibition games the Wildcats play in before the season opener against New Mexico State. The Cats will also play Kentucky State on November 2nd.

Per A Sea of Blue, Kentucky is 150-12 all-time in exhibition games and has won 29 straight, which includes the Wildcats’ 4-0 trip to Toronto this summer. Kentucky is 47-1 in exhibition games under Calipari’s watch.

Here are three things I want to see out of Kentucky as they take on the Georgetown Tigers this Friday.

Strong rebounding

The Wildcats currently lack height in their frontcourt as two of their seven-footers Aaron Bradshaw and Ugonna Onyenso are healing from their offseason injuries. Tre Mitchell is going to have to carry the load down low, and during the Blue and White game he proved he can clean the glass (14 rebounds). But the team as a whole is going to have to show a stronger rebounding effort.

Clean offense (lack of turnovers, visually sound flow/pacing)

The offense during the Blue and White scrimmage was extremely clean last weekend - minus six turnovers from Justin Edwards. I wouldn't expect sloppy offense in this one, but I would like to see UK give great attention to how they take care of the ball as well as their flow and pacing. Hopefully it is not as choppy and as awkward as it was at times in the halfcourt last season.

Bench depth 1-3

Rob Dillingham, Reed Sheppard, Adou Thiero and Joey Hart are all going to get to contribute in this game. I want to see all four players make an impact in some way. Whether it be Dillingham distributing the ball, Sheppard's defense, Thiero's rebounding and interior offense, or Joey Hart's shooting, they all need to have a hand in this exhibition.

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