Forty-eight men’s college basketball teams have won at least two NCAA tournament games since 2021.
The sport’s most deep-pocketed blue blood, against all odds, isn’t one of them.
Eight-time national champion Kentucky can't seem to get out of the NCAA tournament's opening round, let alone halt its nine-year Final Four drought. A Wildcats program that lost in the round of 64 one time from 1988-2022 now has suffered that fate twice in the past three seasons.
On Thursday, it was a catch-and-shoot specialist who played for Division II Hillsdale College last season who added to Kentucky’s misery.