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Let's go ahead and get the convo started.

Tip-off will be Friday evening at 7:10, glad this one is on Friday and even at a reasonable time. 

This will be the 2nd meeting ever between Kentucky-Troy, with the Wildcats winning in a non-con game at Rupp back in Nov. 2017.

Done a little research on Troy, this is their 3rd appearance ever in the NCAA Tournament. 

They do have the Sunbelt player of the year in Taylor Conerway, averaging around 15ppg, 5rpg, 5rpg but only a 28% shooter from 3. Offensively tho, it is really a struggle for them, only having the aforementioned Conerway, and another player averaging double figure scoring. Checking out their defensive numbers, hopefully a good sign Butler being back to take some of the pressure off of the others handling the ball, the Trojans force close to 15 turnovers per game, around 9 steals a game so that's something to look out for. 

If Kentucky can force them into some bad shots bc it looks like they're a poor 3 point shooting team, get out into some open transition looks, think we should be able to get the W by at least 12-16 points, but at this point in the season it is all about matchups, but I feel we have a great chance of moving onto the round of 32. 

What's everyone's thoughts & predictions?