Yes, Kentucky’s gut-punch of a 73-71 loss to LSU on Kavell Bigby-Williams controversial tip-in just before the buzzer Tuesday night is not likely to hurt John Calipari’s Cats all that badly in the grand hoops scheme.
Here are five reasons why:
1. The loss didn’t hurt the Cats with the quants
UK slipped just from fifth to sixth in the NCAA’s NET computer rankings. It even gained ground in Ken Pomeroy’s overall efficiency rankings, climbing from eighth to seventh. After allowing LSU to shoot 51.7 percent from the floor in the second half, the Cats did slip a spot to ninth in the kenpom’s defensive efficiency rankings.