ATLANTA — The little team that could didn't secure a first-round bye until the regular season's final day. Not one, but two sprained ankles shortened an already super model-thin roster. The opponent, Florida, won 10 of its previous 11, and looked good doing it.
"Everybody doubted us," Kentucky wing Darius Miller said in the victorious locker room. "I don't think anybody but us believed that we could win this."
Win it, Kentucky did, thoroughly beating Florida 70-54 Sunday to win the Southeastern Conference Tournament championship.
Of UK's previous 26 SEC Tournament titles, none may have been this unlikely.
Spearheaded by veterans like DeAndre Liggins, Josh Harrellson and Miller, Kentucky handed Florida its first double-digit defeat since No. 1 Ohio State did it in mid-November
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