Mark Pope is a tactician, and this year he has talked openly about how reactive the team has had to be. He has admitted there were times he went into a game thinking something would work, only for it to blow up in his face.
That didn't happen Wednesday night.
Kentucky exploited Texas' defensive gameplan
Texas likes to play drop coverage, meaning their big man sits back and waits for the drive off the screen. It doesn't always have to be the big, but usually, it is. They want to protect the rim and force teams into taking short, contested medium-range jumpers.