WATCH: Kenny Brooks, Georgia Amoore recap win over Belmont [Video]

Coming into the Belmont game, the Bruins were 5-5 but all of their losses had come against quality opponents, and they even played No. 11 Ohio State (67-63) and 12-1 Mississippi State (73-30) down to the wire. Kentucky escaped with an 84-78 win against Belmont, and Kenny Brooks knew that it was going to be a battle from the get-go.

“Really good win. We knew it was going to be a battle,” Brooks said in the postgame press conference. “Bart [Brooks] does a tremendous job with his program. That team — they were a very difficult challenge for us — just matchups. It was matchup nightmares all over the place, but very proud of our kids. They were very resilient. Got off to a little bit of slow start, and they battled. They battled, they stepped up. They did a tremendous job fighting. [We] made adjustments. They went to them and just …