In the history of Kentucky Basketball, the Cats have won eight titles. I know that. You know that. Every kid born in the state today will know that. We’ve also come close enough to a title that it makes us physically ill. This morning I was remembering some of those years and what went wrong or was missing.
Sometimes the title slips through the players’ grasp with just one bad game. He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named wasn’t ejected, then hit the shot in 1992. Dwyane Wade went off in 2003. UAB in 2004. Michigan State in overtime in 2005. Wisconsin’s revenge in 2015.