It appeared as though Jayden Quaintance had played his last game at Kentucky when Mark Pope said he was in ‘full shutdown in terms of his on-court work‘ in late January and followed that up by saying ‘I don’t know how optimistic I am’ about the sophomore forward getting back to full strength in time for the end of the season, that update coming in late February, seemingly trending in the wrong direction after last suiting up on Jan. 7.
“He’s making great progress, but with a guy as explosive as he is, we have to be — he’s got to be 100 percent ready, so we’re working slowly but positively,” Pope said on Feb.