Vanderbilt entered Rupp Arena Wednesday night searching for their first SEC win in 697 days. After more than 20 minutes of basketball, it looked like they were well on their way to finding it.
Kentucky slept-walk through the first half of the 6:30 p.m. ET start before ultimately powering through to a 71-62 victory. The Wildcats improve to 16-4 overall, 6-1 in SEC play.
For most of the game many feared it was deja vu all over again. The script had been written before against Evansville, Utah and South Carolina. The Evansville loss is the only Quadrant IV loss by a team in the top 40 of the NET rankings.