Love is not always associated with Valentine’s Day. An infamous 1929 duel between Chicago gangsters became known as the Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre. Almost 70 years later there was a less tragic event that was labeled with a similar moniker in morning headlines. Tubby Smith’s seventh-ranked Kentucky Wildcats suffered a 73-64 loss to No. 18 Ole Miss on Valentine’s Day 1998.
Kentucky committed 21 turnovers at Rupp Arena in just the Wildcats’ second ever loss to Ole Miss in Lexington, the first since 1927. It was the third home loss of the season, something that had not been done since Eddie Sutton’s final year in Lexington.