The UK men’s basketball team is on the road Wednesday for a date with Arkansas and former UK player John Pelphrey. With that said, here are a few notes and comments from UK coach John Calipari and Pelphrey from Monday’s Southeastern Conference coaches teleconference:Calipari– With two road games and two games left on the schedule, Calipari said he’s just trying to do whatever he can do to make the team better and put the players in the right frame of mind at the end of games to succeed.- In reference to a 1-5 road record in SEC games, Calipari said “we are what our record says we are.” Despite all the close losses, Calipari mentioned they were down double digits in games at Alabama, at Florida and at Ole Miss. – As always, Calipari expects another sellout on the road and expects to receive Arkansas’ best shot. “It’s going to be wild,” Calipari said. “It’s a great arena. It’s a great environment. It’s a great college campus. It’s going to be a hard game for us.”- Calipari’s initial appraisal of Josh Harrellson’s performance last game wasn’t too good. Upon further review, Calipari said he actually liked how Harrellson played in a six-point, nine-rebound performance in the win over South Carolina. Calipari credited Harrellson’s improvement this year to his improvement in conditioning. “I think a lot of it is demonstrated performance,” Calipari said. “You start building your own self-confidence, and I think he’s done that.”- Cal said he’s impressed with how hard Arkansas plays. He said the Razorbacks are very athletic and their forwards are “huge.” – Calipari defended his decision to stick basically with a six-man rotation Saturday despite a wide margin for most of the game. Calipari cited a few reasons for leaving Eloy Vargas, Stacey Poole, Jon Hood and Jarrod Polson on the bench for the most of the game, namely the improvement and psyche of his team. “We’ve got to get better as a team, and if I’m going to play those six or seven guys, then those six or seven have to get better,” Calipari said. “That’s the first thing on my mind.” The success of South Caorlina’s press also made Calipari think twice about putting his reserves in because the starters were having difficulties getting the ball across half court. “I didn’t want the game to be one where I had to put players back in,” Calipari said. “I’m working on psyche too.”John Pelphrey– Pelphrey is extremely impressed with the way UK has played defense this year. “I think they’re a very hard-playing bunch of guys,” Pelphrey said. “They play together. They’ve obviously got size and length.”- As a former UK player, Pelphrey was asked how it sits with him that he has not beaten Kentucky as a head coach. “Obviously we want to win them all,” Pelphrey said. “Every time we get ready two or three days in advance, that’s the goal. It will be a big challenge on Wednesday. There’s a lot of people that want to beat Kentucky. Not everybody gets a chance to do that.”- Rotnei Clarke (13.6 points per game) is still drilling 3-pointers for the Razorbacks, but Pelphrey said he’s a better player inside the arc this year. “He has to be because people are so pressed up on him,” Pelphrey said. Pelphrey is impressed with his improvement in putting the ball on the floor and using screens.