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Tyler Ulis: Coaching on and off the court

By Josh Ellis

One after another each player walked into the locker room of Lucas Oil Stadium with a state of shock and disbelief on his face. It was over – the undefeated season, the pursuit for UK’s ninth national championship, the making of history. All gone.

Losing to Wisconsin in the Final Four wasn’t what the 2014-15 UK men’s basketball team had in mind, and there was one player in particular who may have been hurting more than any other player on the team – Tyler Ulis.

On top of suffering the devastating defeat to Wisconsin, Ulis knew he was about to lose a handful of teammates to the NBA.