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Kentucky's talented freshman class has had little trouble learning first-year coach John Calipari's dribble-drive offense. There has, however, been an alarming lack of intensity when it comes to perimeter defense.


The fourth-ranked Wildcats look to fix those problems Saturday when they host Rider, a squad seeking a second victory over a ranked SEC opponent this season, as part of the Cancun Challenge.

Kentucky has scored 83.0 points per game while shooting 53.3 percent during its 3-0 start. Heralded freshmen John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins and Eric Bledsoe have seamlessly joined holdover Patrick Patterson in learning Calipari's system that he brought from Memphis to Kentucky

The Broncs are eager to regroup and look to become the latest lesser-known non-conference school to win at Rupp Arena in recent years, joining Gardner-Webb, San Diego and VMI.

"We have to go to Lexington thinking we can win," forward Mike Ringgold said. "If we don't, the same thing could happen that happened (in Virginia). We go into every game thinking we can win. We went to Mississippi State thinking we could win and we did."