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On verge of being UK folk hero, Isaac Humphries instead feels ‘gutted’

Part of what puts the madness into March is the unanticipated hero.

With Kentucky dueling North Carolina for a berth in the 2017 NCAA Tournament Final Four, UK was producing an emerging hero no one could have seen coming.

Before the South Region finals, Isaac Humphries had played 294 minutes, scored 93 points all season.

Yet with UK down 57-54 inside the game’s final eight minutes, the 7-foot Australian led an unlikely charge.

In what became a 10-2 Kentucky run, Humphries scored eight points. He dropped in a layup off a nifty pass from Bam Adebayo.