In the last 18 games, Kentucky has lost just twice and one of those defeats came on Feb. 1 to an Auburn team, in front of a raucous crowd, that absolutely bullied the Wildcats to the tone of a 14-rebound advantage on the glass (42-28) and made 33 of 44 free throws in a 75-66 win to hand Kentucky their fifth loss of the season.
After a dunk from Auburn center Austin Wiley just outside of the under-12 media timeout on Saturday to push the Tigers’ lead over Kentucky to nine (20-11), the Cats hunkered down to score 29 of the final 46 points in the first half on their way to winning the school’s 49th SEC regular season championship in a 73-66 revenge victory to clinch the No.