Reid Travis is back. And he has no intention of leaving again.
That was the overriding message in Kentucky’s 73-55 victory over Alabama on Friday night in the Southeastern Conference quarter-finals.
Travis, who hadn’t played since spraining his right knee at Missouri on Feb. 19, played 23 minutes. He scored eight points, grabbed seven rebounds and equaled a career high with three blocks.
When asked afterward about the soundness of the knee, Travis said in words what those numbers suggested.
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“I’d say 100 percent,” he said.