LEXINGTON — Kentucky basketball is struggling with a good many things at the moment.

Offensively. Defensively. Making shots. Preventing opponents from making their own field-goal attempts.

But another space where the Wildcats are searching for answers now, coach Mark Pope said, is striking the balance between simplifying their core concepts while also trying to introduce ideas that might take hold more quickly.

Pope called it "living in the tension." Stream Kentucky vs. North Carolina Central

UK will have its first crack at putting theories new and old to the test tonight, hosting North Carolina Central at Rupp Arena .

"The concept of, like, 'Let's get simple so we can really have ourselves fully invested? (It's) 100% true," Pope said during his weekly coaches show Monday

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