[cuppett777]

Kentucky's March Madness concern
March, 1, 2012Mar 12:24PM ETEmailPrintComments344
Let's be blunt. The Kentucky Wildcats are the nation's best team. Period.


As you may have read elsewhere on ESPN.com on Thursday, the Wildcats lead rankings constructed by both man and machine and there shouldn't be much dispute. Kentucky was one last-second Christian Watford 3-pointer away from an undefeated season that likely would have generated a national mania. But even the best teams, those that look nearly infallible, can falter in the NCAA tournament.


Look at the 1974 UCLA Bruins or the 1985 Georgetown Hoyas. One bad day, or one phenomenal, charmed performance by an opponent, can undo some of the greatest teams in college basketball history. Heck, last season the Ohio State Buckeyes systematically dismantled the George Mason Patriots in the tournament's third round. OSU looked like the best team in the nation after that game, a contest in which it shot 61 percent from the field (61.5 percent from behind the arc) en route to a 32-point win. The next game, Ohio State ran into an underseeded Kentucky squad that sent it packing.


So why couldn't the same thing happen to the Kentucky Wildcats?

[vundy33]

lol, it can...of course. I just don't think it will.

And can we get a link??

[Aslan]

Hey, I'm going to be just one skank buzzer beater off from my epic prediction.

[cuppett777]

lol, it can...of course. I just don't think it will.

And can we get a link??

thats all it had sorry..

[itzAmazing]

I compare this Kentucky team to the North Carolina team that ran through the tournament field a few seasons ago with Ty Lawson, Wayne Ellington, Danny Green, Tyler Hansbrough, Dijon Thompson, and Ed Davis. Nobody could come close to the Heels in the tournament that postseason. I have a feeling UK will have the same success.