ESPN’s Myron Medcalf tries to answer some questions about college basketball one month from Selection Sunday and of course, Kentucky is one of the inquisitive topics.
Medcalf wonders if Kentucky and win the SEC and be one of the scariest teams in this year’s NCAA Tournament.
Yes and maybe.
You don’t want your favorite squad to play the Kentucky crew that wrecked South Carolina in that 89-62 whipping Saturday. But we don’t know if that team will come to play in March. Maybe we’ll see the squad that lost at Auburn; maybe we’ll see the group that blew a 21-point lead and lost by seven points at Tennessee (ugh). Days like Saturday make you wonder if John Calipari can squeeze the potential from this program in the next month.
We know they have Tyler Ulis, the best pure point guard in America. They have a born scorer in Jamal Murray. If they just defend (opponents are shooting 42.1 percent inside the arc, 17th per KenPom.com), Kentucky can handle any team it will see in the SEC and beyond in the final weeks of the year.
We expect to see Kentucky the Beast again before Selection Sunday. We’re just not sure if that version of the Wildcats will come to the NCAA tournament.
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The way I always look at the NCAA Tournament is there are no road games, especially for Kentucky.
The Big Blue Nation makes every neutral site game a home game for the Wildcats and a distinct neutral court advantage.
