LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) After watching Sam Houston State's Corey Allmond put on the best 3-point shooting performance in the history of Rupp Arena, Kentucky coach John Calipari figured it was time to appeal to a higher power.

"I just called the (NCAA) rules committee and asked them to move the (3-point) line back," Calipari said.

Given the way the fourth-ranked Wildcats guarded - or didn't guard - Allmond or the rest of the Bearkats in a harder than expected 102-92 win on Thursday, it might not have mattered. (MORE)