The number one ranked Kentucky Wildcats will face off with Florida Gators today in the SEC semi-finals at the New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana. The winner will advance to the SEC championship tomorrow.
You can watch all the action between the SEC foes here. Here's a look at what happened the last time these two teams met:
Once you get past Anthony Davis' unibrow, you can see that the kid's pretty talented. So, too, is his team – and while Kentucky's roster is over-loaded with talent from top to bottom, it's how well the Wildcats play together that make them the best team in the country. Don't be fooled by their single blemish, however; a team that can slow Kentucky down and make them play a heavy game could get the better of them, especially since UK doesn't like to roll more than seven deep.
The NCAA tournament starts on Tuesday of next week with preliminary games in Dayton, Ohio. The real tournament starts on Thursday at lunch time. The top seeds in the NCAA tournament are likely to be Syracuse, Kentucky, North Carolina and Kansas.
Here's more on the game from CBS Sports:
UK struggled with LSU in the quarterfinals, which was surprising. So does that mean the top-ranked Wildcats are suddenly vulnerable? I doubt it. Clearly, they didn't take LSU seriously, but why should they? So now they've got the wake-up call they needed, and that's probably bad news for Billy Donovan. The Gators have already lost to Kentucky twice — by 20 points (at Rupp Arena) and 15 points (at the O'Connell Center). And I realize this is the place where I'm supposed to explain why it's hard to beat the same team three times in one season, but I've always thought that was a stupid theory. I mean, it's not that hard when you're better than the other team, is it?
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