By ZACK KLEMME
The Daily Independent
ASHTON HAGANS
DOESN’T HAVE THE LUXURY HE DID THIS
TIME LAST YEAR OF COMING INTO THE
SEASON FEELING HIS WAY ALONG,
FIGURING OUT WHERE HE BELONGS.
Being the reigning and returning
Southeastern Conference Co-Defensive
Player of the Year makes the 6-foot-3
sophomore guard a blueprint,
instead, for the likes of Kentucky
freshman guards Tyrese
Maxey, Kahlil Whitney,
Johnny Juzang and
Dontaie Allen.
“Coach (John Calipari)
is looking at me as a
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so that’s just what I
gotta do at practice
to help the guys, and
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said at media day. “They see
a veteran guy coming back for his second
year, Defensive Player of the Year, so they’re