The Kentucky Wildcats opened SEC play Saturday night as the Ole Miss Rebels came into Rupp Arena hungry for an upset.
The two conference foes entered this matchup with equal 10-2 records, but UK has had far more impressive wins to this point, whereas the Rebs needed a signature to validate their quality start. After the way most of this same Ole Miss squad nearly upset last year's dominant UK team, most expected this game to be a dogfight throughout.
Not so. UK had its best first-half of the season and showed flashes of the dominant team we all thought they could become en route to an 83-61 victory.