LEXINGTON, Ky. — Their final game finished and Kentucky’s basketball season officially done, the Wildcats filed off the court in Greensboro Coliseum on Sunday afternoon. The last Cat to leave the playing surface was freshman Chris Livingston, his head down, and UK assistant coach Chin Coleman walking alongside with a consoling arm draped over the 19-year-old’s shoulder.
Will that be the final time Livingston is seen in a Kentucky uniform? Or was it simply the end of the first chapter in what will become a longer UK basketball story?
Back in the team’s locker room, a few minutes after the Wildcats’ 75-69 loss to Kansas State in the NCAA Tournament’s second round, Livingston was asked if there was a scenario in which he could imagine himself back with Kentucky next season.