No. 6 Kentucky has only themselves to blame for dropping a very winnable game against No. 3 Kansas State. UK dominated the glass (an ungodly +20), shot well enough (42%), moved the ball well (12 assts), even got to line and were respectable at the stripe (77%). But the issue with UK all year has been unsteady guard play, and it came back to bite them in the ass. Again.
The KSU Wildcats were picking pockets like a fat Canadian on a holiday in Budapest*. While K State had just 8 turnovers for the game, Kentucky doubled that, including a mini-meltdown in the final five minutes of a two-point game where they gave it away three times.
2023 NCAA Tournament Sunday Recap: In March, the only constant is Izzo.
