Mitch Barnhart: “I didn’t get in this business to finish last.” [Video]

The focus to close out the week was not on John Calipari or the Kentucky men’s basketball program. When Kenny Brooks was introduced as the next head women’s basketball coach to take over the Wildcats starting this 2024-25 season inside the new-and-improved Memorial Coliseum, UK AD Mitch Barnhart wanted the spotlight there. And deservedly so.

Because Kenny Brooks is awesome and it was nothing short of a home-run hire for the program. He crushed his opening presser and explained just how grateful he was for the opportunity to wake up this “sleeping giant” in Lexington.

When Barnhart took 15 minutes of questions following Brooks’ press conference, the bulk of his time was spent on the women’s program and his expectations moving forward under the prized new addition — “Let’s just go get better,” he said. But of course a media opportunity with the school’s athletics director couldn’t come and go without a question regarding his thoughts on …