After Kentucky lost 97-87 to Texas A&M in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament on Friday night, John Calipari reminded Wildcat fans of one thing: the SEC Tournament is not the tournament that Calipari cares about, it is the NCAA Tournament that dwarfs the conference’s end of season knockout competition in levels of importance.
While there is no Kentucky fan that will take a SEC Tournament championship over success in the “Big Dance,” many Kentucky fans do care about the SEC Tournament no matter how much Calipari might try and convince national media otherwise.
Kentucky fans especially care that the Wildcats have won just one game in the last five SEC Tournaments and are coming off their third straight loss in SEC Tournament games for the first time ever, dating back to 1933.