For the Kentucky Wildcats basketball team, the month of December will show us what these Cats are made of.

In the first six games of the young Kentucky season, the Cats have played one ranked opponent in the Kansas Jayhawks, beating them by a demoralizing 32 points in Indianapolis.

The Cats have averaged a total of 82.5 points per game and limiting opponents to 45.7 points per game with a scoring margin of 36.8 points per game. This marging will go down through the month of December as the Cats take on #7 Texas Longhorns, #5 North Carolina Tar Heels, #22 UCLA Bruins, and #6 Louisville Cardinals.

“Obviously you’re talking about all ranked opponents or were ranked and will be ranked again,” Coach John Calipari said of the stretch of games in December. “I mean, this is an early-season (test). What happens to teams is they have some crazy losses because that’s what happens. None of us are executing the way we want right now and you play a veteran team that doesn’t have the name, but they’re a veteran team and they come out and beat you. They make shots, make 3s, play with confidence, been there. That stuff happens.”

How the Cats do in these four games will show us if the Kansas game was just a fluke or if these Cats are just that good. With nine McDonald’s All-Americans on the roster, there’s no reason to believe that this team would be unbelievable this season. The question now is just how big of a margin of victory will the Cats have over ranked opponents.