The second half come back happened with him on the floor, so not really sure where the 30 point swing came from. UK is a damn good team that hasnt been healthy all year til just now and still has a couple rotation players missing and a couple key players playing limited minutes due to just returning from injury. Vanderbilt who ive been saying is our best player since before the year is playing very limited minutes but in 2-3 weeks once hes in a rhythm and getting starter minutes things will get scary for teams, come march this team will be clicking on all cylinders this isnt anywhere close to one of our 'worst' teams as this team is and most certainly will be a title contender come march.
Freshman teams like this dont come out of the gate rocking people especially this young, teams like this dont start clicking til round jan/feb and march, but when a team this talented does start clicking its going to be a tough out since UK's roster is as deep as anyone this season and also the biggest/longest team this season to go along with arguably the most, granted youngest, but most talented team with the highest ceiling in basketball this season, this team has a lot more potential than last years team (even though they were likely a john higgins away from a title) as we only had 3 great players (they were VERY great though) and abunch of players that were just there to go along with a 6'8 center. Who was our only post presence last season to go along with very little depth/zero frontcourt depth.
This was a MUST win game for us. I think WVU will be fine and once Esa gets back into form you all will be a top 5-10 team/title contender come march. As an outsider ive been impressed with WVU's tenacity all season minus that ugly first game to start the year. No reason to wave the white flag over a regular season loss the great teams bounce back from tough stretches like this which i expect from a huggy bear coached team. You all did beat arguably the best team in the country right now in Virginia. You all have a very veteran, battle tested team thats seen it all which will pay off come march. My only issue with WVU is they take a lot of very contested shots, with that said i havent seen a team hit so many shots with people in there face all year long i was getting very mad at all those heavily contested threes falling. Goodluck and hopefully we meet again but in the title game the next go round, see ya there! And goodluck to you all til then.