I didn't get to see all of Kentucky's game against Georgia on Tuesday night. I was driving back from Nashville. But I was able to listen to the first half. And I heard proof that the Bulldogs are a very good basketball team.

The 'Dawgs played the 'Cats to 32-all tie at the break which meant a "whole new ballgame" was about to commence.

Fortunately, the game started later than had been expected so I got to see the entire second half. And what I saw early on in the second period actually made me believe something I really never did in close UK wins over Ole Miss, Texas A&M, and LSU.

I really believed that this was IT. This was the game that Kentucky was going to lose.

Georgia looked GREAT! Clean drives to the basket, a lot of movement off the ball,  SCORING IN THE PAINT, for crying out loud!

You'd think nobody should be able to score in the paint against Kentucky like the Dawgs were doing.

So, yeah, I thought, "This is it." And, really, if it had been "it," it wouldn't have mattered in terms of NCAA Tournament seeding or UK's status as the team to beat.

But the undefeated season would have been out the window.

Georgia was about to pull off a win that would have likely elevated it two seed lines on the NCAA Tournament bracket.

Then...the Bulldogs fell apart. I mean, just really, inexplicably, fell apart.

They were excellent (up 9 with fewer than 10 minutes to go in the game) and then they were...really bad.

Nothing was going in. The free throws stopped falling. They were turning it over.

Briefly, I did think, "What in the world happened?"

But then it occurred to me...FRESH LEGS!

Kentucky doesn't just have depth, it has GREAT depth. Many teams in the past have gone nine deep, but those next four are never at the same high level as the starting five.

And, really, that was and has been the difference for the Wildcats. Georgia got to that point where the depth of Kentucky just finally got to them and they collapsed.

They were playing terrific basketball, and then Kentucky closed the deal on a 25-8 run and that was it. And they did it without breaking a figurative sweat. Georgia guard Kenny Gaines was impressed with the 'Cats calm demeanor just prior to forging that comeback.

Kentucky's talent is truly extraordinary! But maybe the fact that that talent runs pretty far down the bench is even more so.

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