It was just as easy as it was supposed to be for Kentucky — for a few minutes.
The No. 5 Cats were a 31-point favorite over Colgate, which had won two of 10 games coming into Tuesday night’s game in Rupp Arena. Kentucky was coming off a dramatic overtime win in Seattle against Gonzaga when the Cats were down by 18 points.
So when coach Mark Pope’s team rolled out to a 17-0 lead in less than six minutes, it looked like the rout was on. Maybe the only people who didn’t believe that were sitting on the Colgate bench because early in the second half Colgate HAD THE LEAD before UK regrouped to win 78-67…