The six division one basketball teams from Kentucky are members of four different conferences. Murray State, Western Kentucky, and Louisville all won their conference tournaments. The state had a chance to win all four tournaments until those losing losers from Losington lost to Vanderbilt. Somehow UK got an at large bid giving the state four teams in the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1995. Three times in the last seven years two instate teams have been forced to play each other in the first or second round. If WKU can win tonight, they will play UK on Thursday.
I really like Murray's bracket. There is no really good big until Michigan State, which would be an elite eight game. Of course that means that their opponents likely play a similar style of basketball as the Racers do. This year is the first time that I have picked Murray to win their game since 1999 against Ohio State. Yes I do still have all of my brackets since 1993. This is the second year in a row that I have picked the OVC champion to advance to the sweet sixteen. Last year Morehead State beat Louisville but then lost to Richmond. A higher seed for MSU would have been nice, but playing in Louisville is more important.
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