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No storybook ending for Kentucky's Reid Travis

Reid Travis
Reid Travis
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No storybook ending for Kentucky's Reid Travis
Forward Reid Travis transferred to the University of Kentucky from Stanford University last summer.His hope was to make it to the 2019 Final Four, which happens to take place in his hometown of Minneapolis.On Sunday, that dream ended in the Elite Eight after the No. 2-seeded Wildcats (30-7) lost 77-71 to No. 5-seeded Auburn (30-9) in overtime.“Everyone fought,” said Travis. “Everyone gave everything they could. It didn’t work out the way it does. But, that’s life sometimes.”Travis going back home to play in front of family and friends was something that even Travis’ teammates were thinking of heading into Sunday’s game.“We wanted to get him there bad because he helped this team out a lot,” said guard Ashton Hagans. “If it wasn’t for him, we wouldn’t be in this situation.”Travis averaged 11.3 points per game and 7.2 rebounds per game this year for Kentucky.Head coach John Calipari says, though, that Travis meant more to the team than just the numbers he put up each game.“I just tell you personally, what a pleasure,” said Calipari. “I got on him, too, now. What a pleasure to coach him.”

Forward Reid Travis transferred to the University of Kentucky from Stanford University last summer.

His hope was to make it to the 2019 Final Four, which happens to take place in his hometown of Minneapolis.

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On Sunday, that dream ended in the Elite Eight after the No. 2-seeded Wildcats (30-7) lost 77-71 to No. 5-seeded Auburn (30-9) in overtime.

“Everyone fought,” said Travis. “Everyone gave everything they could. It didn’t work out the way it does. But, that’s life sometimes.”

Travis going back home to play in front of family and friends was something that even Travis’ teammates were thinking of heading into Sunday’s game.

“We wanted to get him there bad because he helped this team out a lot,” said guard Ashton Hagans. “If it wasn’t for him, we wouldn’t be in this situation.”

Travis averaged 11.3 points per game and 7.2 rebounds per game this year for Kentucky.

Head coach John Calipari says, though, that Travis meant more to the team than just the numbers he put up each game.

“I just tell you personally, what a pleasure,” said Calipari. “I got on him, too, now. What a pleasure to coach him.”