Coach Cal Speaks About His Cats At The Wildcat Tipoff Luncheon

Yesterday in Louisville, Coach Cal talked how much greater DeAndre Liggins has became and that he will really surprise people this year. He talked about how great a player Darius Miller has became. Miller made the Team USA 19 and under basketball team and that definitely boosted his confidence in his game. Coach Cal spoke about how Patrick Patterson has really emerged as the team leader. Patterson will be playing as a guard furing the games but when the game is on the line, you will find Patrick under the goal in the low post. John Wall has showed potential to being a strong leader as on of the new incoming players.

Coach Cal also stressed how he wants to find a way to get both of his PGs on the floor at the same time as well as his two centers Daniel Orton and DeMarcus Cousins. Calipari talked about how he had to get the team on the same level. He said that his freshman have the mentality of feeling like they can win it all and claim the national title. But on the hand, he says he needs to get his seven returning players to get on the level who's confidence are shaken up and forget about how everything last season went.

Coach also talked about rotating games between Indiana and Notre Dame each year on the schedule in the future. Potentially playing Kansas in St. Louis. He also said playing Duke in Atlanta is something they might think about. Calipari said he'd like to get some games with Cincinnati and play more games in Nashville.