After Kentucky’s 75-68 loss at Georgia on Saturday, UK head coach John Calipari sarcastically mentioned he was sure it would be noted the Cats were without injured players Sahvir Wheeler and CJ Fredrick.
“And then being short-handed,” said Calipari as part of his answer when asked what he thought was the biggest difference in the game. “I mean, I know that will be said publicly around the nation: ‘Well, they got two guys out.’ No it won’t, but that’s OK.”
It says here Kentucky should have won anyway. Georgia had lost six of its last seven games, including a 78-74 home loss to lowly Ole Miss four days before. The Bulldogs had slipped to 129th in the NCAA NET rankings. Sitting atop the NCAA Tournament bubble, UK could ill afford a loss to the Bulldogs.
