Kentucky Basketball Beats Missouri, Moves On

0:00On March 12, Kentucky's men's basketball team beat Missouri 78-72 and the second round of the SEC Tournament at Bridgestone, Arena in Nashville. The win sends the wildcats to the quarterfinals and avenges an earlier loss to the Tigers back in January. That January defeat came in home in Rapparina, where Missouri staged a late comeback to steal the game. This time around, the Tigers nearly repeated the feat by wiping out a 16-point deficit and grabbing a brief-led late. But Kentucky stayed cool, took control back and held on until the end. Players like Colin Chandler and Muhammad D'Ubaare say the teams up and down season full of tough losses has built their toughness. They credit that adversity for helping them respond without panic, even when Missouri's Mark Mitchell dropped 32 points. Kentucky showed better composure through constant communication and sticking to their details, flipping the momentum when it shifted. Now the wildcats face a big challenge Friday against top seeded Florida, the same team that beat them on senior day to end the regular season.

1:01Tip off is at 1 p.m. Eastern on ESPN, with Kentucky aiming to shake off another tough memory.