Reeling off a loss at home to Arkansas, Kentucky needed to bounce back at Georgia to keep the Cats’ NCAA Tournament hopes alive. Instead, they let the Dawgs score 42 points in the first half and limped away with a 75-68 loss.
Entering Saturday afternoon’s matchup in Athens, John Calipari was 21-3 against Georgia. Kentucky has now lost back-to-back games at Stegeman Coliseum for the first time since 1989-90, Eddie Sutton’s final season and Rick Pitino’s first.
But wait, it gets worse.
Even though the game at Georgia is technically a Quad 2 loss, it will be paired with the South Carolina defeat at Rupp Arena as the two worst losses on Kentucky’s NCAA Tournament resume.