Young Wildcats Travel West

     As John Calipari takes his young Kentucky basketball team on a four-game road trip, he has his doubts as to their maturity and focus.
     "We are on our way to Hawaii to play three teams that are better than us," Calipari said.  "This is going to be a learning situation for us.  We have to figure out what we do and how hard we have to play."
     Kentucky begins their trip on Friday at Portland, the hometown of freshman forward Terrence Jones, before flying to Hawaii for the Maui Invitational.
     "The trip will mean a lot," Jones said.  "It's always good to have a chance to play in front of my mom and grandma and show them how much I've improved since high school."
     In Maui, the Wildcats will play Oklahoma on Monday, then face either Virginia or Washington Tuesday.  The trip will tell Cats fans a lot about the cohesiveness of their young team, who will face their first legitimate Division 1 opponent.
     Portland has won each of their first three games, winning each by at least 14 points.  The game will be televised on ESPNU at 10:30 ET.