Dredging up the revenge story for Sunday’s Wichita State-Kentucky game comes with a warning. Most of the players weren’t around for the classic 2014 NCAA Tournament meeting.
That’s the transitory nature of college basketball, even for Wichita State.
None of the 17 players who played in Kentucky’s 78-76 win in St. Louis are on the current rosters. Kentucky seniors Dominique Hawkins and Derek Willis are still Wildcats. For Wichita State, it’s junior Shaq Morris, a redshirt in 2013-14, and seniors Zach Bush and J.R. Simon.
That won’t stop Sunday’s game, which tips around 1:40 p.m. (CBS), from earning hype as an early landmark of the tournament.