LEXINGTON - How Kentucky basketball's blowout of South Carolina in the regular season finale Saturday is remembered will hinge on the Wildcats' performance in next week's SEC Tournament.
UK coach John Calipari said before the game the goal against the Gamecocks was to build momentum before the trip to Nashville, where UK must win the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament to have any chance to play in the Big Dance this season. It is impossible to know whether that momentum will extend to next week, but Calipari's team at least accomplished the first step of the goal in a 92-64 victory.