LEXINGTON, Ky. — At this point, we’ve seen enough of this Kentucky men’s basketball team to know it is what it is, a team that continues to come up small in big games.
Tuesday night was a big game. Kentucky vs. Arkansas. Two teams with similar regular-season resumes. Two bubble teams battling to play their way into the NCAA Tournament. The Razorbacks rose to the occasion. The Wildcats wilted. Final: Arkansas 88, Kentucky 73.
I know, I know, there is that outlier, the Wildcats’ 63-56 win at then fifth-ranked Tennessee back on Jan. 14. Considering Tuesday’s loss dropped Kentucky to 1-7 in Quad 1 games and 41st in the NCAA NET rankings, hindsight tells us that Saturday in Knoxville had more to do with what Tennessee didn’t do than what Kentucky did do.
