Once upon a time, Kentucky Basketball enlisted the services of a 6-3 Arkansas-born shooting guard named Malik Monk. He was the bucket before the bucket: an endless bag of scoring tricks. And everything came to a crescendo on a December afternoon in Las Vegas, Nevada, where Malik embarked on one of the greatest shooting performances in Kentucky Basketball history. Monk had the Midas touch. Every ball he touched turned to gold.
Per Wildcat Blue Nation vernacular, this phenomenon is considered a “heat check.” Its definition expands beyond basketball. A chef’s heat check could be concocting four consecutive exquisite meals.