[BlackcatAlum]

Don't have to shut Cousins down, just take away the 3-pointers UK would try to throw in the ocean and it would be game over. Cousins only played about 20 minutes a game, let him go off while he's in there and shut down everything else, simple plan. The same way it was against WVU. You have to play team ball to win in the tourny. UK, as long as Calipari is there, will be a team of individual stars, not a TEAM.

Difference between Duke and WVU is that WVU is 10x more athletic than Duke. WVU beat Kentucky because they were hitting their jump shots and Kentucky wasn't. Duke also has no one, and I mean no one that could stop Patterson & Cousins - so UK would probably dominate the boards.

I do think that Duke will get their 3s, but can Kentucky knock down their jump shots? If they do, UK wins rather easily, but if they aren't then I'd give Duke a slight edge.

I'd say if the two played 50 times, UK would win majority of the games. But in reality, only one game matters.