LEXINGTON, Ky. — One year ago in an elevator at the Hyatt Place Hotel in Indianapolis, Mark Story and I were debating whether what he had just witnessed — No. 2 seed Kentucky’s shocking loss to No. 15 seed Saint Peter’s — qualified as the worst NCAA Tournament defeat in program history.
Our colleague, Jerry Tipton, shook his head at our foolishness.
“These things happen,” said Jerry as the elevator doors opened. “These things happen.”