Tonight’s game at LSU was a reminder of that as the Cats fell to the Tigers, 85-67, in a game that felt much more lopsided than that. Kentucky would occasionally get close to mounting a comeback, only to give up a backbreaking sequence going the other way to fall further behind. It was just one of those nights, and it was to be expected.
Looking back, LSU as a five-point underdog was free money. The first true conference road test for Kentucky, the best player in college basketball in purple and gold, and a much-improved LSU team with Keith Hornsby and Craig Victor, this was a game UK was destined to lose.