FanHouse.com has ranked the top rivalries in college basketball and Kentucky is involved in two of the top 10.
[B]Here is the top 10 list:[/B]
1. Duke-North Carolina
2. Kentucky-Louisville
3. Kansas-Texas
4. Syracuse-Villanova
5. Syracuse-Georgetown
6. Pitt-Villanova
7. Kansas-Missouri
8. Indiana-Purdue
9. Kentucky-Tennessee
10. BYU-San Diego State
Here are excerpts about Kentucky:
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[B]2. UK-[/B][COLOR=black][B]Louisville –[/B] As if Rick Pitino’s treacherous ways didn’t ignite this intra-state rivalry enough, Kentucky[/COLOR] went and got Pitino’s biggest personal rival to coach its team. Though the bitterness between Calipari and Pitino is certainly overblown, it remains safe to assume that they don’t care for one another too much. With both teams currently trending upward, the battles will only become more intense — and more important. — [I]Evan Hilbert[/I]
[B]9. Kentucky-Tennessee –[/B] Bruce Pearl’s arrival in Knoxville only further ignited this longtime rivalry between two border states and conference foes. It didn’t hurt, of course, that Pearl has used two Kentuckians — Scotty Hopson and Chris Lofton — to key much of his success. Tennessee’s, and to a lesser extent, Pearl’s, swagger is a perfect foil to Kentucky, the SEC’s most dominant program historically. –[I] EH[/I]
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