Revenge/Paybacks...a different spin.

With all the revenge/payback talk going on this board the last week, it seems as though the Big Blue Faithful almost forgot that they play OTHER teams besides South Carolina twice. They forgot that their just might be some other teams out looking for revenge, or who might be prancing around thinking, "Paybacks are HELL, Kentucky!!!!!"

I'm not sure if it's just from this season's earlier defeat at Rupp or if they channeled the spirit of SmokeyII to energize their players, but whatever the case, the Wildcats didn't seem like they knew what hit them. They did however mount what seems to be this season's trademark for their team and that is trying to mount a late run to put the game away. The only difference was this time they were CUTTING the deficit, not trying to outsurge an opponent who had been down marginally and making a run.

In the grand scheme of things, this loss will probably mean nothing down the stretch. Their top 25 ranking may not even change. Just don't get out those "Back on Top" T-shirts with the date printed on them just yet Cat Fans. UK will still lock up a number 1 seed in the tourney, and are almost still guaranteed their One Billionth SEC regular season title (again, how tough is this conference when one team utterly dominates? That's a different blog altogether, I digress).

If anything, this loss might re-focus the Cats and their youthful roster into realizing that even though they rarely play like it on the floor, they ARE in fact, human. It's scary to think what this team may do now that they have been motivated and shown the light in the way that even Coach Cal can't motivate them, because now they've seen it for themselves, they ARE beatable if they don't play well and take each game seriously.