"Lazy" DeMarcus Cousins Working On Bad Habits

Kentucky Freshman, DeMarcus Cousins, has been a little lazy coming in from high school, and he's now trying to break those habits.

"Let's be honest, coming out of high school we didn't really have to play defense. We just scored and won the game," Cousins said. "So you have a lot of bad habits coming out of high school and I'm just trying to break those -- being lazy, not bending over, not being ready to play. Just simple bad habits that most freshmen come in with."

Before the Blue-White Scrimmage game on Wednesday, John Calipari had practice of ONLY defense.

"Intense," Cousins said about it. "We get after it."

"You have to take team pride in defense where everybody is taking pride, not just three or four guys," Calipari said. "You have to have great enjoyment out of playing defense. You just love it. You love getting down in the stance and locking people up. And No. 3, you have to have discipline. You have to stay in the stance and play the entire possession because the minute one guy quits playing you get beat."