After a 17-point loss to Michigan State, Mark Pope made it clear that this UK basketball team has a lot of growing to do.

Kentucky was absolutely dominated from start to finish by the Michigan State Spartans on Tuesday night, losing this game 83-66. Kentucky has now lost two marque

Following the last tune up practice, Tom Izzo spoke to the media about the team's Champions Classic matchup against the "loaded" Kentucky Wildcats.

Mark Pope’s Wildcats said they’d be a good 3-point shooting team. They haven’t been. And the problems go beyond simply missing shots.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/college/kentucky as Kentucky's loss to Michigan State proved this team has a chemistry problem . Mark Pope and the Kentucky Wildcats went to Madison Square Garden to take on the Michigan State Spartans in the State Farm Champions Classic and got dominated, losing this game 83-66.

One team walked into Madison Square Garden in its team-issued sweatsuits. The other approached the game much like an NBA squad arriving for work, fashioned in their outfits of the day. Michigan State and Kentucky embody the old and new in college hoops.

Wildcats Tonie Morgan, Jordan Obi and Asia Boone are stepping up for a Kentucky team still working to find its chemistry.

A team built to dominate with size and athleticism instead looks disjointed and unsure of itself after a humbling Champions Classic loss to Michigan State.