The finish was fun and it’s impossible to hate that second-half offensive explosion that included 53 points scored on 65/73/79 shooting splits, but Big Blue Nation all thought the same thing once the final horn sounded on Kentucky‘s 75-74 victory…
Why does it take a Malachi Miracle to pull off an 18-point comeback victory? Why can’t the Wildcats make life a little easier on themselves by playing for 40 minutes instead of 19?
Mark Pope knows this product isn’t the prettiest thing in the world right now and they’ve got plenty to work on, but for this game in particular, you have to give credit where it is due against a tough and desperate LSU team that needed that win just as much as Kentucky did.