Larry Brown has attended Kentucky practices this week. He'll be at Saturday's game against Georgia, but will not be sitting on the bench, Calipari said.

John Calipari calls Brown a friend and mentor.

Brown, who parted ways with the Charlotte Bobcats earlier this NBA season, is serving as another set of eyes "to maybe throw me some ideas we haven't thought of," Calipari said. "I just like he's here. I like hanging around him. I'm more relaxed."

Center Josh Harrellson said Brown has been participating in practices.

"He'll even stop drills like Coach Cal does and put his input in," Harrellson said. 'It's great having a legendary coach here building us and helping us out."

Kentucky's Brandon Knight on Monday was named Southeastern Conference men's Freshmen of the Week.

Knight averaged 18.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and two steals per game last week as UK lost at Alabama and won at South Carolina.

He ran his streak of consecutive games with double-digit scoring to 14 straight.

While Ohio State maintained the top slot in RealGM's college basketball rankings for the week of January 24th, Pittsburgh moved up to the second slot with their win over the previously undefeated Syracuse.

1. Ohio State
2. Pitt
3. Duke
4. San Diego State
5. Connecticut
6. Texas
7. Kansas
8. Brigham Young
9. Missouri
10. Villanova
11. Texas A&M
12. Syracuse
13. Purdue
14. Washington
15. Wisconsin
16. Notre Dame
17. Kentucky
18. Minnesota
19. Louisville
20. Georgetown
21. Illinois
22. Vanderbilt
23. Florida
24. Utah State
25. Michigan State

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No. 12 Kentucky defeated South Carolina 67-58 on Saturday, enduring a late rally by the Gamecocks.

Brandon Knight had 23 points and Terrence Jones scored 14 for the Wildcats.

Kentucky had spent the past few days dealing with a video clip of Calipari swearing at Jones, his 6-foot-8 freshman, about selfishness during a timeout in Tuesday night's loss to Alabama.

Calipari apologized for the language, but not the message.

"Our coach isn't the first in college basketball who ever cussed. That didn't even bother me," Jones said. "Coach Cal talks to us just to get our attention and make sure we're doing what he wants us to do."

Former Kentucky guard Darnell Dodson is transferring to Southern Miss, coach Larry Eustachy said in a statement Friday.

Dodson is enrolled in the school and is expected to become eligible after sitting out the spring and fall semesters.

He averaged 6 points and 2.5 rebounds in 14.5 minutes last season as a sophomore at Kentucky, making a team-high 50 3-pointers.

Kentucky coach John Calipari has apologized for his profanity-laced tirade toward freshman Terrence Jones.

Calipari apologized on his Twitter and Facebook pages early Wednesday after cameras caught him cursing Jones on Tuesday night.

The coach says he "got caught up in the emotion of the game," but added that it isn't an excuse.

The talented Jones has raised Calipari's ire lately for what the coach deems selfish play.

Unranked Alabama defeated No. 12 Kentucky 68-66 on Tuesday night.

The Wildcats rallied in the second half after falling behind early, but the Roll Tide held on.

"It was an all-out effort for everybody," Tide forward JaMychal Green said. "That's what it's going to take for us to win games."

Alabama snapped a five-game losing streak to Kentucky.

Andre Drummond, believed by many to be the top recruit from the 2012 class, is being targeted by as many as seven teams.

"Louisville, Kentucky, West Virginia, Connecticut, Pitt, North Carolina and Georgetown," St. Thomas More coach Jere Quinn said. "No one else is even talking to him.

"I don't think anybody else is coming in."

The 6-foot-10, 260-pounder is a native of Middletown, Connecticut and says he doesn't have any visits scheduled.

Former Mississippi State guard Twany Beckham visited a Kentucky practice on Monday afternoon.

It's not clear whether the Wildcats will offer Beckham a scholarship.

The sophomore left Mississippi State after the fall semester because of playing time.

John Calipari thinks No. 13 Kentucky needs to start playing better if they are going to keep pace in the SEC.

The coach is growing impatient with the team's bad habits.

He's taken extra time working with role players like Eloy Vargas, Jon Hood and Stacey Poole,

Calipari says it takes time for players to break free of habits they've had for years.