Kentucky gave a poor effort in their 82-87 loss to LSU on Tuesday.

"We gave (the UK players) a game plan," said assistant coach Kenny Payne, who substituted for Coach John Calipari on the post-game radio show. "We didn't execute. More disappointing, we didn't fight.

"The games we face, it's all about fight. It's not strategy. Not Xs and Os. It's not who's got the better players. It's who will fight. And we didn't come out and fight tonight, and that's very disappointing."

James Young led Kentucky with 23 points.

Julius Randle entered the season as a candidate to go first overall in the 2014 NBA Draft, but he has seemingly dropped as scouts have taken a closer look.

Some scouts are beginning to prefer Noah Vonleh of Indiana as a better power forward prospect than Randle.

Vonleh doesn't have the same type of "star" potential, but he is bigger and longer than Randle. Vonleh also has a higher rebounding rate on the defensive glass.

Julius Randle started the season strongly with Kentucky, but expectations have been tempered by NBA scouts or general managers.

"NBA teams still like Randle, a lot, but I haven't really heard a team (GM or scout) say they'd take him No. 1 in over a month," wrote Chad Ford.

Andrew Wiggins and Jabari Parker are the likely candidates for the top overall pick, while Joel Embiid and Dante Exum are darkhorses.