Kentucky and Davidson is a much anticipated matchup for fans of both teams but CBS Sports thinks it is a little more than that.
Matt Norlander thinks it is one of the top 5 best games of the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
REGION: South. We got a Boise game! Does Steph Curry make the trip up to Idaho? You know Boise gets ridiculously good any time it hosts the tournament. What a great Thursday night tilt this is. Davidson’s in via that auto bid out of the Atlantic 10. Now it’s a danger. You’ve got a Kentucky team that’s won seven of its past eight, full of freshmen, playing one of the tougher offense to scout against in college basketball. Davidson is fallible, but if the shots from deep are falling you are going down. Also, Kentucky has the pro prospects but Davidson has the best college player on the floor in Peyton Aldridge. I hesitate to say it, but I can see a scenario in which Davidson wins this game by double digits.
The pick: Kentucky. (Barely.)
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