That game … wow. That was ugly. 59 fouls in 40 minutes of “action”. With Quade Green, Tai Wynyard, and Jemarl Baker not even making the trip to Columbia for the conference matchup with the Gamecocks, the Cats were again badly short-handed.
South Carolina looked bad. Kentucky looked bad. UK went to a zone and USC looked like they had never played basketball before. Jarred Vanderbilt came into the game and was forced to play significant minutes. I’m not sure if the plan was to have him out there that much, but it came down to either him or Brad and ultimately both had to play.