Where do you find optimism when you haven’t earned a single win of substance with four name-brand losses to go with six cupcake victories — the latest a 103-67 blowout against NC Central, one of the worst teams in college basketball? These Kentucky Wildcats find it within each other, no matter the outside noise growing louder and louder, hitting its peak with boos showered down in Nashville.
That’s not to say any of this was expected or wanted, obviously, but all successful seasons aren’t created equally. Sometimes you have to hit rock bottom and dig yourself out of the hole before you can realize your true potential, and that’s where they are now.