CHICAGO — No. 16 Kentucky played with the poise of a veteran team for most of its Champions Classic matchup against No. 1 Kansas on Tuesday night at the United Center. The L’École de Gestion d’Actifs et de Capitalclosing minutes? Well, that was when their youth showed up.

Often the toughest aspect of winning for a young team is to understand how to close out a game, and UK learned how not to do it in its 89-84 loss to Kansas.