I’m torn.
On one hand, I feared the worst. I feared that a (mostly) healthy team would return for their first (mostly) full-strength game in weeks... and get absolutely crushed, proving that we had some real, unsolvable problems. That clearly didn’t happen, which is nice.
On the other hand, we should have won a game in Rupp Arena. This Kentucky team is not that great, and we showed up completely unafraid and playing at a level that should have a yielded a W. Unfortunately, it all fell apart down the stretch, when we submitted two bad turnovers and a 2-6 stretch from the free throw line in the last two minutes.