As has been the story so many times this season, this young group of Wildcats behind John Wall, and Patrick Patterson, erase an early deficit to rally and defeat Alabama 73-67 to advance to the semi-finals of the SEC tournament where they will face Tennessee.
John Calipari only hopes his young Kentucky Wildcats' first postseason game delivered the message he's been trying to send - tournament time requires more intensity and desire than the regular season.
John Wall had 23 points, including seven straight in the second half to give the Wildcats the lead for good, and No. 2 Kentucky overcame an 11-point deficit Friday in beating Alabama 73-67 in the Southeastern Conference tournament quarterfinals.
"I'm trying to convince this young team of 19-year-olds that either you want it more than they do or they want it more than you do," Calipari said.
The win gave Kentucky its 12th 30-win season - the most by any school - and the Wildcats' first since 2003 when they went 32-4. It's also the fifth straight such season for Calipari and seventh overall to tie him with Connecticut's Jim Calhoun for third-most among coaches.
Kentucky improved to 112-22 in this tournament and 9-1 in Nashville. The Wildcats now are 4-1 against Alabama in the quarterfinals, a program that ranks second to Kentucky in the number of tournament wins and titles in the league.
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