Thanks for a great season

Kentucky lost a heart-breaking regional final to Michigan State Sunday in double overtime, putting an exclamation point on the most exciting weekend of NCAA regional finals basketball the men's tournament has ever seen. Unfortunately, the loss also put a period at the end of the UK basketball season. CBS analysts Clark Kellogg and Seth Davis had both predicted a Kentucky loss, which had me fairly confident that the Cats would win, since both had predicted Kentucky would lose to both Cincinnati and Utah, and Davis even predicted that Kentucky was the No. 2 seed most likely to be upset by a No. 15 seed in the opening round. The game was one for the ages, rivaling the 1992 UK-Duke regional final that also saw UK lose in overtime on a last-second shot by the player I will not name (scroll down).

With his start in Sunday's game, Kentucky senior Chuck Hayes tied Alex Groza's school record for 110 consecutive starts. Groza was no slouch, leading Kentucky to two national championships as a member of the Fabulous Five, the team that also formed the starting lineup that led the US to Olympic gold in 1948.

Thanks to the Cats for another fun season. Losing only two seniors makes thoughts of next year that much more exciting.