Throughout March Madness, we’ve been bringing you highlights of Kentucky’s NCAA Tournament games from the past 30 years. Today, we will relive the joy and heartbreak of the semifinals.
1993: No. 1 Michigan 81, No. 1 Kentucky 78 (OT)
Saturday, April 3, 1993
Kentucky had won all four of its tournament games by 20-plus points and scored 96 or more in three of them. This was the Cats’ first Final Four since 1984, a feat even more impressive when you consider the program was only a few years removed from NCAA sanctions.