I've decided I don't like my team very much after all.
By the way, here's a complete list of all Kentucky games decided by 3 points or less in regulation or in overtime since the beginning of the 2015-16 season (home teams listed first):
12/26/15: Kentucky 75 - 73 Louisville
01/30/16: Kansas 90 - 84 Kentucky (Overtime)
02/20/16: Texas A & M 79 - 77 Kentucky (Overtime)
03/13/16: Texas A & M 77 - 82 Kentucky (Overtime) (SEC Championship)
12/21/16: Louisville 73 - 70 Kentucky
01/24/17: Tennessee 82 - 80 Kentucky
01/31/17: Kentucky 90 - 81 Georgia (Overtime)
03/19/17: Kentucky 65 - 62 Wichita St. (NCAA Tournament Second Round)
03/26/17: N. Carolina 75 - 73 Kentucky (NCAA Tournament Elite Eight)
01/03/18: Louisiana St. 71 - 74 Kentucky
01/09/18: Kentucky 74 - 73 Texas A & M
01/20/18: Kentucky 64 - 66 Florida
01/30/18: Kentucky 83 - 81 Vanderbilt (Overtime)
02/06/18: Kentucky 59 - 61 Tennessee
03/22/18: Kentucky 58 - 61 Kansas St. (NCAA Tournament Sweet 16)
12/08/18: Seton Hall 84 - 83 Kentucky (Overtime)
01/05/19: Alabama 77 - 75 Kentucky
01/19/19: Auburn 80 - 82 Kentucky
02/12/19: Kentucky 71 - 73 Louisiana St.
03/31/19: Kentucky 71 - 77 Auburn (Overtime) (NCAA Tournament Elite Eight)
11/12/19: Kentucky 64 - 67 Evansville
12/18/19: Utah 69 - 66 Kentucky
12/28/19: Kentucky 78 - 70 Louisville (Overtime)
01/15/20: S. Carolina 81 - 78 Kentucky
In these 24 games -- which include UK's last three losses in the NCAA Tournament -- the Cats are 9-15. In the last 11 games on the list, the Cats are 2-9. Those games include:
1. A two-point loss at home to Tennessee
2. A three-point loss to Kansas State that eliminated UK from the 2018 tournament.
3. A two-point loss at home to LSU on a goal that should have been disallowed, but which cost UK the 2019 SEC Regular Season title (and potentially a number-one seed).
4. An overtime loss to Auburn that eliminated UK from the 2019 tournament.
I keep thinking that these close losses will even out at some point. But they certainly didn't do so last night.
And no, I haven't forgotten these games:
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03/30/14: Michigan 72 - 75 Kentucky (NCAA Elite Eight)
04/05/14: Wisconsin 73 - 74 Kentucky (NCAA Final Four)
Maybe we're still making up for those wins. But it's been a long time, and I was hoping we were even by now.