On this date in Kentucky basketball history, Kentucky downed Mississippi State in overtime for the SEC basketball tournament crown. John Wall scored seven of his 15 points in overtime. A DeMarcus Cousins layup off of John Wall's missed 3-pointer from the right corner beat the regulation buzzer to put send the game to overtime. From UKAthletics.com:
John Calipari only had questions once he and his Kentucky Wildcats finished celebrating their Southeastern Conference tournament championship.
“How did we win this game? How did we go to overtime? I don't know,” Calipari said.
Credit his fantastic freshmen who scored to get them to overtime and then won the game, even if they celebrated a little prematurely.
John Wall scored seven of his 15 points in overtime, and No. 2 Kentucky rallied from five down with 2:28 left in regulation to beat Mississippi State 75-74 on Sunday. The Wildcats rewarded their faithful by adding their 26th SEC tournament championship and an automatic berth to the NCAA tournament to their 44th regular season title.
Two down, one to go?
Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter's Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.