[Cactus Jack]

I'm not convinced that Kentucky wins, but I like our chances going into this one more than I liked our chances going into the Illinois game.

Barnes let Pope dictate how the game would be played for large portions of each of the earlier meetings. History says that if Barnes comes into an NCAA Tournament game with a Chessmaster game plan, he's somehow stumbled upon it.

Think we match-up with them well about as well as we do with any team remaining (not named BYU). With a healthy Butler and Robinson, the seeds are probably flipped and we're a 4.5 to 5.5 point favorite, but that obviously isn't the case.

Kentucky may lose, but if so, it's most likely due to injuries, an off-night shooting, and/or foul trouble, not because we were unprepared or outcoached.

Would love to make it three in a row over Tennessee but regardless of the outcone, I won't be disappointed in UK's year.