In addition to my column, three takeaways from Kentucky basketball’s 77-75 loss at Alabama:
1. Pin this loss on the offense.
And no, Eddie Gran was nowhere near Tuscaloosa on Saturday. (I remain a Gran fan, by the way.) But the Cats were let down by their offense in this SEC opener. They averaged a season-low 0.961 points per possession. The previous low was 0.982 in the 80-72 win over North Carolina at the CBS Sports Classic in Chicago.
A rough start to the second half had much to do with the Cats’ subpar offensive numbers.