Coming into Tuesday night, Kentucky's bench simply had not been good. And the numbers completely confirmed what the eye test was already telling us.
Just take a look at the cumulative plus/minus (+/-) of the roster in SEC play before the South Carolina trip. Notice exactly where the bench players land:
- Denzel Aberdeen: +68
- Malachi Moreno: +68
- Andrija Jelavic: +29
- Otega Oweh: +23
- Collin Chandler: +19
- Mouhamed Dioubate: -12
- Trent Noah: -33
- Jasper Johnson: -44
- Brandon Garrison: -57
A massive turnaround happened in Columbia
But on Tuesday?