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You could make a case that this Kentucky basketball team has benefited from the soft spots in the first half of its SEC schedule. It's played cellar-dwellers Georgia and South Carolina. It's played LSU and Auburn. It's now played Tennessee twice.
What it hasn't done yet is play a team with a winning conference record.
In fact, after its return match with South Carolina in Columbia this Saturday, six of the Cats' last seven regular-season games will be against the teams tied for second and fourth in the league.
There are home-and-homes with Florida and Vanderbilt (each 5-1 in the league), a home game with Ole Miss (4-3), a road game at Mississippi State (4-3). For this Kentucky team, the toughest stretch of road lies ahead.
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