The most unsettling thing about Florida's visit to Rupp Arena on Saturday wasn't the score.
College basketball in late February is full of resurrections. Some are Lazarus. Some just sit up for a night and go back to sleep.
Blue Cain scored 20 points, Jeremiah Wilkinson added 19 points off the bench and Georgia beat Kentucky 86-78 on Tuesday night for its first win at Rupp Arena since 2009.
At the beginning of the season, if you had Kentucky becoming the SEC’s most tough-minded, elbows-out, defense-first outfit, where were you?
If you’re Kentucky, it would be nice to engage in all of the nostalgia of one of one of the great college basketball rivalries being renewed. But frankly, you just need to win a game.
Denzel Aberdeen, Otega Oweh and Trent Noah each scored 16 points to lead No. 19 Kentucky to a 104-54 win over Tennessee Tech.
Malachi Moreno scored 18 points and had 10 rebounds to lead No. 9 Kentucky to a 107-59 win over Valparaiso.
So it's not going to be a care-free romp to the Final Four after all for the Kentucky basketball team. It'll be potholes and bruises. Growing pains and grimaces.
Georgetown didn't come to Rupp Arena on Thursday night to be a footnote in Kentucky's exhibition tour.
He came to Rupp Arena on a Friday night not just to coach, but to testify.