Michigan State C Ward out indefinitely (hand)

Jeff Sheppard works as a financial planner now, more than two decades removed from the time he helped Kentucky win the NCAA Tournament. ”They remember where they were when they watched the championship game and that kind of thing,” said Sheppard, who works in Lexington and lives about an hour away in London, Kentucky. Sheppard went undrafted after that glorious run and played part of one NBA season with the Atlanta Hawks in 1998-99 before playing a few years in Italy.

After a year off because of the COVID-19 pandemic and a choppy regular season, the NCAA tournament returned in an overwhelmingly glorious flourish.