New York —
One team walked into Madison Square Garden in its team-issued sweatsuits. The other approached the Champions Classic much like an NBA squad arriving for work, fashioned in their outfits of the day. Otega Oweh sported a designer jacket from Amiri that runs about $1,200.
Which maybe makes sense. Kentucky’s roster checks in at a reported $22 million. Might as well dress the part.
But as college athletics continues its reckoning with big money and bigger problems, it is perhaps worth remembering the wise words of the Beatles, penned some 60 years ago. Can’t buy me love.
Or, in Kentucky’s case, it can’t buy defense, offense, wins, continuity, effort and at least for the time being, success.
The Wildcats got pantsed by Michigan State, 83-66. They trailed by as many as 24, and never led past the 14-minute mark of the first half.
Michigan State Spartans Trey Fort (9) guards Kentucky Wildcats Collin Chandler during the second half at Madison Square Garden.
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