[Stardust]

• In its first game — the NCAA ridiculously calls it the second round — UK would have to beat either Western Kentucky, which rebounded from a 5-14 record to win the Sun Belt Conference Tournament, or Mississippi Valley, which is coached by former UK guard Sean Woods and has won 20 of its last 21 games.
  
• In the second game, or third round, UK might have to play Iowa State, which has Royce White, the former Minnesota signee who nearly came to Kentucky after being kicked off the Gophers by Tubby Smith.
  
• Or, in the second game, Kentucky might have to play Connecticut, the defending national champ which beat Kentucky twice a year ago.
  
• In the Sweet 16, Kentucky could have to play Indiana, the only team to beat UK this season.
  
• Or, in the Sweet 16, Kentucky might have to play Wichita State, which is ranked as the 10th best team in the country by Ken Pomeroy.
  
• In the Elite Eight, Kentucky might have to play No. 2 seed Duke, which 20 years ago beat the Cats on the most famous shot in the history of college basketball in what may have been the greatest game in the history of college basketball.