Tuesday Headlines: Tweak time

After the Kentucky Wildcats’ so-so showing in the SEC Tournament, John Calipari is breaking out the tweak as NCAA Tournament play opens Thursday.

During his Monday call-in show, Cal revealed that he’s been tweaking some things in practice and is pleased with the results.

“Getting them with speed and the ball movement...I tweaked some things today, folks,” Calipari said. “I tweaked a couple of things, and I’m liking it. I think they’re liking it.”

It can be dangerous to change things up too much this late in a season. However, Kentucky hasn’t looked particularly great over the last few weeks as guys like Sahvir Wheeler and TyTy Washington got back up to speed following injury absences.

Here’s to hoping these ‘tweaks’ help get Kentucky back to looking like the team we saw thrash North Carolina and Kansas.

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