It’s been over two months, but Kentucky’s loss to Auburn in the Elite Eight is still fresh in Ashton Hagans’ mind. Hagans, who quickly decided to return to Lexington for a sophomore year, said closing the book on such a special season has been difficult, but he’s determined to use the pain from the loss as fuel for this season.
“It’s actually been in the back of my head a lot,” Hagans said today. “It’s just one of them feelings that will never go away because you were so close and like I said, the bond that we created, it was different.