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Kentucky Basketball: 3 reasons the Wildcats win the 2017-18 National Championship

By Frank Spencer

Apr 3, 2015; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Kentucky Wildcats head coach John Calipari during practice for the 2015 NCAA Men's Division I Championship semi-final game at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 3, 2015; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Kentucky Wildcats head coach John Calipari during practice for the 2015 NCAA Men's Division I Championship semi-final game at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports /
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April 9, 2016; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Kentucky Wildcats head coach John Calipari reacts as he sits ringside of the Manny Pacquiao fight against Timothy Bradley during a boxing match at MGM Grand Garden Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports /

3. Coach Cal has a track record for these types of teams.

This team will draw a lot of comparisons to the 38-1 team that included Karl Anthony-Towns and Devin Booker. With that said, Calipari didn’t actually win the National Title with that team. Why would anyone think he could do it with this team?

The answer is simple. If you have done something for so long, eventually, you will become great at it. Shoot 200 free throws a day, you will become a great free throw shooter. Practice makes perfect right? Same thing goes for John Calipari. This will be Coach Cal’s ninth team at Kentucky. In eight seasons in Lexington, he has continuously molded young players to become one team.

One could say, this may be his best recruiting class in terms of all around game pieces. If he has had practice for eight seasons getting young kids to play as one team, then this season will be no different. Yes, it is difficult to fathom that a team literally filled with Freshmen will make any noise on the national level. But, John Calipari has the track record to do it. If this team can believe in Cal and become one team, there is no reason why they cannot become the next national champions.

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