John Calipari’s first six seasons were off the chain. Five Elite Eight appearances. Four Final Fours. A national championship. There was so much success so soon, the bar was set impossibly high.
So has Kentucky basketball taken a step backward since?
Why yes, but then what did you expect?
Thursday night’s 61-58 loss to Kansas State in a South Region semifinal of the NCAA Tournament was the third time in the last four years Kentucky has lost to an equal or lower seed.
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