It was a happy trio at the podium at the Food City Center following Kentucky’s 80-78 comeback win vs. No. 24 Tennessee, their fourth in a row in Knoxville. For the third straight game, the Cats overcame a double-digit deficit to win, 17 points down in the last two. Today, they did it against a ranked Tennessee team, outscoring the Vols by 13 in the second half after being down 11 at halftime.
“We actually felt great going in halftime down 11,” Mark Pope quipped at his postgame press conference. “It’s the first time we’ve only been down 11 in a month, right?