College basketball in late February is full of resurrections. Some are Lazarus. Some just sit up for a night and go back to sleep.
Final score: Vanderbilt 80, Kentucky 55. The largest Vanderbilt win over the Wildcats in 18 years.
Pat Kelsey used some version of the phrase “got our butt kicked” a dozen times Monday night.
Louisville played Duke on Monday.
That’s the rumor, at least.
Pat Kelsey sounded like a guy trying not to sound alarmed Tuesday night. He sounded, in fact, like someone who had seen something he didn't quite trust or wasn't ready to say out loud.
Louisville brought hard hats to Tennessee. The Volunteers brought a sledgehammer.
For all of the notes Kentucky coach Mark Pope tried to sound after his team’s 94-59 blowout loss to Gonzaga Friday night – and there is no right note after a loss that lopsided – one he did not hit was “coach with an answer.”
Gonzaga came in like a house on fire. Kentucky came in like the floorboards.
The Cardinals blasted past New Jersey Institute of Technology 104-47 on Wednesday night.
Jeff Brohm owned the loss. You don’t have to worry about that. He might not like being the face of a three-game losing streak, but he understands football life, and his place in it.