A 25-point victory almost always looks good on paper. UK’s win over Mississippi Valley State was no different. UK held the Delta Devils to 32.8% shooting and forced 23 turnovers. On offense, UK had just 12 turnovers and got to the foul line 32 times.After the game, MVSU head coach Sean Woods sang the praises of the Wildcats, saying that UK was well positioned for yet another run in the Southeastern Conference and beyond.”I wish we could have played them a month ago, they’re getting better everyday,” Woods said.There’s no doubt that Kentucky has progressed as a team since the season tipped off. The squad is running the dribble drive more and more effectively and the team jelling on defense with each passing possession.John Calipari, though, is far from content.  UK found itself in a tie ball game with 8:38 left in the first half. Mississippi Valley State was unafraid of attacking the Wildcats and Calipari noticed.”They are an athletic team that comes at you,” Calipari said. “They were physical and some of  our guys didn’t play up to snuff.”Calipari recognizes that those kind of performances will come back to haunt the Wildcats if they continue, especially with the lack of depth UK has.”In a league game, in a big game like North Carolina, you can’t do that,” Calipari said.  “It’s important that we have everybody come and play.”Calipari sees potential, yet unrealized from his young team and is relentless in attempting to fulfill it.  Perhaps the player that best represents the development that this team needs to undergo is Darius Miller. Just like his team, Miller’s numbers may lead you to believe he is closer to a finished product than Calipari says.Miller finished with a diverse line of 14 points, five assists, three rebounds, three blocks, and two steals, but it wasn’t enough for his coach.”He goes for 14, five assists, and I’m saying he’s okay,” Calipari said. “I’m telling you, he’s better than he’s playing. That’s how much I believe in him.”By this point in his career, Miller is used to hearing about how he needs to take his game to the next level.”It comes up a lot, it’s the same people asking me about it,” Miller said.In spite of his familiarity with the topic, he knows that he possesses the ability to make the improvements that Calipari demands of him.Terrence Jones is in the same boat. The versatile freshman led the team in scoring yet again with 19 points and contributed eight rebounds in only 23 minutes. As with Miller, Jones’ coach is still not satisfied with his play, particularly at the start of the game.”Terrence has got to play,” Calipari said. “I mean, how do you start a game like that.  He has some numbers, but they’re not real.”It’s a testament to the talent level of both Miller and Jones that they can put up the kind numbers that they did and still have so far to go in the eyes of Calipari. The same goes for the team as a whole. UK is off to an 8-2 start with a number of quality wins, but their best basketball is still on the horizon. The next couple weeks present a major opportunity. With the first semester behind them and a break for the holidays upcoming, UK enters a stretch where Calipari’s team typically improve the most.”We’re practicing tomorrow,” Calipari said. “We’ll probably go twice on Monday,  practice on Tuesday. Play on Wednesday. Have a break. Come back. Then we start two-a-days, three-a-days. We just have a long way to go.”The Wildcats will be focusing on basketball and basketball alone and Calipari is optimistic about what the time will do for them, especially given how much they have grown already.”These guys are so young,” Calipari said. “We’re learning how to play together. We’re learning how to warm up for games. We had two good practices, we had a terrific shoot around and are getting better at that kind of stuff.  We have to carry that into the game.”