Editor’s note: My only note is that I’m disappointed I couldn’t personally be in Madison Square Garden on Wednesday to watch the game. One of the better games I’ve seen in the last few years. On to the story. … You can smell it like a fresh pot of coffee in the morning. After a preseason full of dreaming, maybe this storybook turnaround to the top might come true after all. Sure, it’s just nine games into the season, but something is brewing in Big Blue Nation. It’s been budding in Lexington, growing in Cancun, Mexico, and now blossoming in New York City.It’s the start of something special. In front of a raucous crowd in Madison Square Garden, the Mecca of basketball, No. 4 UK pulled out yet another thrilling victory. Behind John Wall’s season-high 25 points and six steals, the Cats defeated No. 12 Connecticut 64-61 in the Big Apple.Kentucky was gritty. Kentucky was shaky. Kentucky, as John Calipari said after the game, was yet another play or two away from being 4-5. But Kentucky won again.Let it sink in. Kentucky won again. How long have some of you been yearning to hear that? Are the good ol’ days in the Bluegrass back? You can bet your future New Jersey Nets’ John Wall jersey they are (after Wall’s performance Wednesday, it’s impossible to imagine him going any lower than No. 3 in next year’s NBA Draft).Wall was once again the catalyst. The freshman phenom scored 12 of UK’s final 15 points, including a go-ahead, acrobatic layup among the trees as he was getting fouled. The free throw put UK up 63-61 with 31 seconds left in the game. The layup added his name among the Garden’s lore.What is it about the Madison Square Garden anyway? The greats always seem to step up big when the lights of New York shine down on the hardwood. Wall, a living UK legend, was no different.The Raleigh, N.C., native seemed to strangle the moment in a surreal environment. The first-year player stormed out to six points and three steals in the opening minutes, including a posterizing two-hand alley-oop slam from Eric Bledsoe, in pushing UK to an early 12-0 lead.Wall looked like he was running on a treadmill. The Huskies appeared to be treading through quicksand.But as all great teams do – and make no mistake, UConn is a very good basketball team – the Huskies stormed back. A 26-6 run after the 12-0 UK start put Connecticut back in front and in the locker room with a 29-23 halftime lead.Calipari prophesized before the game that Kentucky might go to New York and get punched in the mouth. Instead, it was UConn that took the Cats’ best shot and came back fighting. Jerome Dyson and Kemba Walker, in particular, took a haymaker to the chin and came back swinging.Dyson knocked down big shot after big shot, and Walker played with the confidence and swagger of a typical New York City point guard. They weathered Wall’s play early and then appeared to take over with experience.(Calipari said every guard that goes against Wall is trying to make a name for himself. Dyson was doing exactly that. The senior, who scored a team-high 17 points, looked like he was out for blood, especially when he narrowly missed a high-flying one-hand dunk attempt late in the game.) Wall and Kentucky then again proved that sometimes talent is enough to overcome inexperience. The future NBA star erupted for 19 second-half points on 7-of-11 shooting, including the night’s most crucial points when the game was on the line.When every point mattered and the game hung in the balance it was Wall with the ball in his hands. His 3-point dagger midway through the second half gave UK its first real momentum since the opening outburst. His eight-foot bank shot and ensuing pull-up jumper from the top of the key in the closing minutes made the dozens of NBA scouts in attendance drool.And then that shot … among the big men as he’s getting walloped with the eyes of the nation weighing down on him in the final seconds of the game … the kid was made for this.In a game of turns, oohs and aahs, you could break down literally every basket, run and player. But let’s take a look at the bigger picture:Calipari said before this three-game stretch with North Carolina, UConn and Indiana that we’d find out what this team was truly made of. We’re quickly finding out they’re winners.Calipari will continue to try to hide the fact that this team his team is good because he’s trying to keep their immature heads from growing too big. Go ahead, John, tell them and tell us they should be 4-5. That’s OK, coach, because we all know they’re 9-0 where it counts.We know they’re inconsistent, young, mistake-ridden, etc. But we also know they’re darn good. They’re coming up with clutch plays down the stretch, mastering big crowds and expectations, and defeating some of the best teams in the nation.I thought coming into this game that we’d learn more about Kentucky than maybe any other game this season. The Cats were fresh off a marquee win, they were extremely confident and upbeat, and they were playing in front of a neutral crowd in a special environment.I wondered how they would handle it. Turns out it was like riding bike.Wall was sensational, Patrick Patterson was consistent and everyone else did just enough. Really, that’s all you need to know. Because whatever they’re doing, no matter how inexperienced and farther they have to go, Kentucky is doing it right.John Wall and Kentucky are playing like this is the start of something special.