It has been a while since Kentucky basketball fans have seen their team get off to such a slow start. Twenty years, in fact.

For the first time under John Calipari, the Wildcats are 1-3, their slowest start since 2000. After a comfortable season-opening win over Morehead State, the Wildcats have dropped games to Richmond and Kansas before a blowout loss at Georgia Tech on Sunday. It resulted in Kentucky dropping out of the top 25 on Monday after being ranked No. 10 before the season began.

On Monday, Calipari expressed optimism that his team would be able to turn it around, noting that the team needed to improve its mental approach while cutting down the number of turnovers it commits. Sloppy play was a huge theme on Sunday as Josh Pastner’s group converted 21 Wildcats turnovers into 33 points.

The good news for the Wildcats: as rough as things have been early on, it can only go up from here as they take on Notre Dame on Saturday in hopes of snapping their 3-game losing streak. But if they don’t figure things out quickly, things could turn much uglier.

We’ll see moving forward if Kentucky’s young squad can put the pieces together and make a run at another SEC regular-season title.