Calipari: Cats need more than 6 players

After Friday's game, Louisville Coach Rick Pitino saw a happier new year for Kentucky than his Cardinals. Not merely because UK won the game 78-63, but because the Cats have the good fortune of entering Southeastern Conference play.

"I don't say this in a negative way, but they're going to get better and better in a conference that this year is down," Pitino said. "Next year they could be the best conference in basketball when schools like Auburn start building up.

"But we are not going to get a break."

According to Collegerpi.com, the Big East is the nation's best conference. The SEC has the seventh-best RPI, between No. 6 Pacific 10 and No. 8 Atlantic 10.

"They are going to get a lot better," Pitino said. "We are going to, hopefully, get better. But we are going to face some teams that are going to overpower us a little bit. We have to compensate by doing smart things."

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