When Kentucky takes the floor at 7:10 p.m. Friday in Greensboro, North Carolina, 1,449 days will have elapsed since the program's last victory in the NCAA Tournament.
Its first-round game against Providence offers a chance at redemption.
Redemption for its Elite Eight overtime loss in 2019 to Auburn (two days after its last win, against Houston in the Sweet 16), for the 2020 tournament canceled by the pandemic and the miserable 2020-21 campaign in which the Wildcats (9-16, 8-9 SEC) missed the tournament entirely.