Louisville scored a late bucket for a backdoor cover in their 23-point loss to Kentucky on Saturday

Shoutout to those of you who tuned in or paid attention to Saturday’s men’s basketball game between Kentucky and Louisville.

As expected, it wasn’t a very competitive or interesting game to watch, so you likely watched because you’re either a true college hoops fan or you had some money on the game.

Hopefully, that money was on Louisville to cover the huge spread (+23.5) vs. John Calipari’s Wildcats in this big rivalry game between the two. If you did make that bet, you can thank Louisville guard Roosevelt Wheeler for saving you.

Kentucky had built up a lead as large as 27 points, although Lousiville shaved four points off the lead late in the game. UK’s Sahvir Wheeler connected on a two-pointer to bring the lead to 25 points (and a potential Kentucky cover) with 39 seconds left in the game. At this point, the Cardinals likely had one final possession left to get a bucket.

Roosevelt Wheeler missed a jumper but rebounded and scored on his second try. Kentucky dribbled out the remaining 17 seconds and that was that.

As has been the case throughout most of the season, the Cardinals were outmatched from the start and outplayed in a game they never had a chance to win. Nevertheless, they get the cover, and somewhere someone is a bit richer because of it.