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Poor Offensive Performance vs. Tennessee Reminiscent of 2010 Elite Eight Loss to West Virginia

If it felt like you were having deja vu watching Kentucky lay brick after brick from the three-point line against Tennessee, you are not alone. In fact, the box score from Saturday’s SEC Tournament semifinal loss looks eerily similar to the stats from the most infamous postseason UK offensive performance of the 21st century — Kentucky’s 2010 Elite Eight loss to West Virginia.

John Calipari’s first team ran into an unlikely buzzsaw, West Virginia’s 1-3-1 zone. Kentucky had plenty of star power with John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins, but there was one glaring weakness, three-point shooting.