On this day 25 years ago, Kentucky finally got some revenge for the 1992 loss to Duke.
On Sunday, March 22, 1998, the No. 2 seed Kentucky Wildcats faced the No. 1 seed Duke Blue Devils in the Elite Eight in the South Region at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. The ’92 game may trump the ’98 game in college basketball lore, but what Tubby Smith and the Wildcats pulled off that day will always have a special place in Kentucky Basketball history.
In the first half, it looked like Kentucky was headed toward another heartbreak.