Having spent two seasons at Texas as a player and seven as an assistant, Jai Lucas knows the Longhorns better than almost anyone. So, when the news broke a few weeks ago that Kentucky is playing Texas in the Big 12/SEC Challenge this season, he had quite a different reaction than the rest of the coaching staff
“It was just kind of — just shook my head,” Lucas told reporters this morning. “I’ll be excited to see everybody down there. I still keep in contact with a lot of the players and the staff and stuff like that.