Tuesday night in Oxford felt eerily similar to what Kentucky men’s basketball experienced around this same time last season. A future first-round NBA Draft pick was sidelined with a minor injury, Sahvir Wheeler had his own physical ailments to fight through, and a veteran transfer stepped in to pick up the scoring slack.
Only this time around, Wheeler found a way to overcome his injury — a sprained ankle he suffered with about four minutes left in the first half against Ole Miss. Kentucky led by four points before Wheeler, who started for the first time since Jan.