The University of Kentucky is favored by Las Vegas oddsmakers to win college basketball’s national championship and deliver John Calipari his first career title. The Wildcats’ coach says he’s less confident.
Kentucky claimed one of four No. 1 regional seeds in the National Collegiate Athletic Association men’s tournament yesterday, joined by the University of North Carolina, Michigan State and Syracuse University.
The Louisville Cardinals won the Big East championship at Madison Square Garden in New York.
The Wildcats (32-2) received the No. 1 overall seed in the field of 68 schools even though they had a 24-game winning streak snapped yesterday with a 71-64 loss to Vanderbilt in the Southeastern Conference tournament final.
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