You wouldn’t have blamed the Wildcats had they been swept up in the moment.When the buzzer sounded on Kentucky’s Southeastern Conference Tournament title game victory, confetti and streamers fell. A makeshift stage was erected and trophies appeared.As a final step for the celebration, ladders emerged from the bowels of Bridgestone Arena, ready for players, coaches and staff to climb them and cut down the nets. The Cats politely passed.”Those aren’t the nets we’re really looking to cut down,” Willie Cauley-Stein said. “It was just a milestone. It’s part of the process for us winning and everything, but we’re looking for something bigger. We’re looking to cut down a couple more nets in the tournament.”Less than three hours and a short flight home to Lexington later, the Cats learned the path they will have to take to Indianapolis to cut down those nets. UK, ranked No. 1 in both polls throughout a remarkable 34-0 run through the 2014-15 season, was tabbed the No. 1 overall seed in the Midwest Regional in one of the most anticlimactic announcements in Selection Show history.”There are no surprises,” Aaron Harrison said. “I knew we were going to have a tough road. It has to be tough, it is the tournament.”UK will open its tournament run against the winner of a play-in game between Manhattan and Hampton on Thursday at approximately 9:45 p.m. at Louisville’s KFC Yum! Center. A third-round game against either No. 8 Cincinnati or No. 9 Purdue then looms on Saturday should Kentucky advance. Beyond that, Coach Cal isn’t overly concerned about the likes of Kansas, Notre Dame, Maryland or West Virginia, the other top seeds in the Midwest.”That’s the greatest thing about this tournament,” Calipari said. “I’ve coached a bunch of teams in here, and any time you get ahead of yourself you hurt yourself and usually it’s wasted time because the team you think is going to advance loses. They didn’t even win, so why were you spending any time? So the best thing you can do is stay in your own little pocket of those teams that we have to play: the eight/nine in our region, the team we’ve got to get in our region.”And in reality, even UK’s immediate opponents won’t occupy all that much of his thinking. His own team will, instead.”I was good with whatever they did,” Calipari said. “I have, in my opinion, the best team and the best players. That doesn’t mean you win. This isn’t best of five, best of seven. It’s one game. But as long as we’re at our best, that’s the most we can ask of these kids. And I’ll be fine.”Based on the way the Cats dispatched Arkansas, Coach Cal is feeling pretty good about his team being at its best.”Today showed a lot, because that game was so physical,” Calipari said. “I watched the tape on the plane back. That was a physical game that we withstood.”It was a physical game that left the Cats exhausted, particularly since it was the third in three days for UK. Coach Cal said the plane ride home was nearly dead silent and players hardly reacted as brackets were unveiled at a watch party hosted at their coach’s house.”I was half-asleep in there,” Willie Cauley-Stein said. “I mean, I don’t even know. I was half-asleep in there.”Cauley-Stein, the SEC Tournament MVP, and his teammates will have some time to rest on Monday. Calipari will give the team a much-needed day off.”We’ll take tomorrow complete off from basketball,” Calipari said. “We may watch some tape later tomorrow night, and that tape is going to be our Arkansas game. And it won’t even be with me. It will be with the staff. Let those guys go over the tape with them. We’ll come back Tuesday, practice. We probably won’t leave until Wednesday to go to Louisville.”Once the Cats get back together, the goal will be to build on the momentum they built in Nashville.”We did a lot of good things as a team,” Cauley-Stein said. “We’re going to have a good week of practice and go into our game with a clear mind and ready to hoop.”The clear mind thing is key, because there’s no longer any room for error. UK never wanted to lose before, but now they have no choice but to win.”It’s not the best of five,” Calipari said. “It’s one and done. I’m telling you that my message will not change. Let’s be the best version of each individual player. Let’s be at our best. If that’s not good enough, I’ll live with the consequence.”And to put it even more simply: “One game, one day, you gotta play,” Calipari said.