Buzzer-beating defeats can only be defined as demoralizing.
Go ahead and recreate the final two possessions of Kentucky’s most recent loss to South Carolina in your head (I know, I know. I’m sorry). The Wildcats tied the game up with a beautiful mid-range jumper from Immanuel Quickley in a dangerous road environment. The Gamecocks quickly inbounded the ball with roughly four seconds left in regulation before tossing up a desperation heave from just inside halfcourt that somehow banked its way into the bottom of the net.
It was one of those shots where every Kentucky fan knew it was good the second it left Jermaine Couisnard’s fingertips.