It will be almost impossible for the Kentucky Wildcats to repeat as national champions, considering that have an entirely new team, have all freshman, and one player with playing experience that has wore the Kentucky uniform.
Gary Parrish of CBS Sports still thinks John Calipari can it done.
The writers at CBS have all made their predictions for the upcoming season and Parrish is the only one that thinks Kentucky will make a return trip to the Final 4 and win #9.
Every writer, except Doug Gottlieb, picked the Cats to win the SEC. Gottlieb picked Missouri to win the conference, even though it is their first year in the SEC.
On an individual note, Matt Norlander thinks Nerlens Noel will be National Freshman of the Year.
