The legend of the 2015 Kentucky Wildcats grows by the minute — wait until you hear the story about the juggernaut that didn’t even scout their opponents.
Most teams in every sport prepare for an opponent the same way — you study video of the opposition. This Kentucky team and others from Calipari’s past follow the Floyd Mayweather motto:
Why scout an opponent, when you can make them adjust and adapt to you.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Kentucky’s players watch less film than most high school teams.
“We don’t give them a handwritten scouting report, and we don’t give them film to watch on their iPads,” said John Robic, the Kentucky assistant coach who handles the team’s video scouting. “My film is eight minutes—max.”
This is how Calipari has coached for at least the last decade according to the report. The Wildcats touch up on an opponent, but never donate a huge length of time to film work.
“You see the idea of their offense,” Kentucky guard Aaron Harrison said. “We don’t need to watch every single play. We need to know the options off each set they have. After that we just have to defend.”
“Cal’s always been more concerned with our team than the other team,” Robic said. “Any time that we get with them, we want to make them better with workouts as opposed to sitting in a room and watching countless hours of film.”