Aaron Harrison Doesn’t See Tension Among UK Players

Former UK guard Aaron Harrison was the "Y" during UK's win over Indiana. (Vicky Graff Photo)

Aaron Harrison started 79 games during his two seasons at Kentucky with his twin brother, Andrew, and helped UK reach the Final Four twice — losing in the 2014 national title game to UConn and losing to Wisconsin in the 2015 national semifinals.

He was back in Rupp Arena Saturday to watch a Kentucky game for the first time since his playing career ended. He got to see UK beat Indiana 72-60 thanks in large part to an inspired effort that had been missing most of the season.

Fans had openly questioned everything about the Cats, including if the players got along together or not.

“I can’t say that because I’m not close enough to the team (to know about the chemistry). I have no clue, but they seemed during the game to be fine,” Harrison said on WLAP Sunday Morning Sports Talk. “I was sitting very close to the court in the game, and they don’t seem like they’re against each other.

“They definitely seem together. They’re helping each other up, supporting each other, screaming, yelling. That’s not really what teams do that don’t like each other, that don’t want to support each other. Everyone has locker room drama or rumors. I’m sure this has been flipped and stretched in all types of things. But to me, I didn’t really see any tension or anything. The guys wanted to win together last night, so I didn’t see anything like that.”

Harrison was part of 67 wins at UK, including 38 his sophomore season when the Cats were 38-0 before losing to Wisconsin.

“I actually think about it a little more now that I’m older. When I was young, right out of school , I didn’t really think about it. I didn’t really understand what we had accomplished,” Harrison said. “With maturity and everything like that, you get to appreciate things more. I think every year I appreciate it (starting 38-0) more and more and more.

“Just blessed to be a part of something like that and to have that type of experience. I can tell people great things that I was a part of.”