After meeting with team leaders, Stoops believes Kentucky will respond to adversity [Video]

After a day of reflection, Mark Stoops still isn’t sure what happened vs. South Carolina. During his Monday press conference, Stoops told reporters that after watching the film, he doesn’t question his players’ effort; however, their execution and lack of discipline were “inexcusable” and “embarrassing,” and he’s unsure what led to it.

In his search for answers, Stoops turned to one of the most trusted voices in Kentucky’s locker room: Eli Cox. Stoops asked the sixth-year senior and two-time team captain what he thought went wrong against the Gamecocks. Like Stoops, Cox was flummoxed.

“I think it’s gonna be super important,” Stoops said of team leadership moving forward. “And it started yesterday with guys filtering around the office and I had a conversation with somebody who’s been a captain around here for a while, a great guy, in Eli [Cox]. Eli and I sat there and talked and that’s the first thing I asked him. Like, …