College basketball in late February is full of resurrections. Some are Lazarus. Some just sit up for a night and go back to sleep.
They did what they were supposed to do, if not exactly the way they wanted to do it.
Mark Pope waited until he stepped away from the microphones, which is the modern equivalent of stepping behind the curtain, except the curtain has ears.
Blue Cain scored 20 points, Jeremiah Wilkinson added 19 points off the bench and Georgia beat Kentucky 86-78 on Tuesday night for its first win at Rupp Arena since 2009.
Xaivian Lee scored 22 points, Urban Klavzar added 19 and No. 14 Florida beat 25th-ranked Kentucky 92-83 Saturday for its 10th victory in its last 11 outings.
At the beginning of the season, if you had Kentucky becoming the SEC’s most tough-minded, elbows-out, defense-first outfit, where were you?
With Kentucky’s offense humming and its emerging stars clicking, the Wildcats picked up their seventh win in eight games Wednesday night, and made it look easy.
They played this game at Bud Walton Arena, but it felt more like it belonged at Razorback Stadium, or maybe the Thunderdome.
Final score: Vanderbilt 80, Kentucky 55. The largest Vanderbilt win over the Wildcats in 18 years.
Oweh scores 20 of his 23 points in 2nd half, leads Kentucky to 5th straight win, 72-63 over Ole Miss
Otega Oweh, without a field goal in the first half, scored 20 of his 23 points after the break and Kentucky beat Mississippi 72-63 on Saturday for the Wildcats' fifth straight win.