The Kentucky Wildcats suffered a brutal home loss to the Georgia Bulldogs, 86-78. The Wildcats were in cruise control too early and lacked urgency while suffering another brutal loss on Mark Pope’s resume.
Per Ryan Black of the Courier Journal Sports, this is only the second time in the history of the series that Georgia has won three times in a four-game span versus the Wildcats. The last time this occurred was more than 100 years ago: Cats won the first meeting in 1921; Bulldogs won the next three.
Just a gut-wrenching loss for the Wildcats all the way across the board. They had not lost to the Bulldogs inside Rupp Arena since 2009, late into the Billy Gillispie era.
In what has been a roller-coaster season for Pope, the schedule will not be getting any lighter as March is on the Horizon. The Wildcats will go on the road to face Auburn, No. 19 Vanderbilt, at Texas A&M, and back at Rupp to face a red-hot Florida Gators team. We will get to see how Pope handles this gruesome stretch before tournament play.
The Wildcats drop two in a row and fall to 17-9 on the season. They’re back in action on Saturday night on the road against Steven Pearl’s Tigers in what will be a raucous environment. Tip-off is set for 8:30 p.m. ET on ESPN.
