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The Kentucky Wildcats will meet the Kansas Jayhawks in the NCAA Tournament Championship game on Monday evening, after the two teams won their respective Final Four semi-finals games on Saturday at the Mercedes Benz Superdome in New Orleans.

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Every year I do my own bracket for the NCAA Tournament.  I take the 68 teams, including my choices for the 37 at-large teams and give them my own seeding.  Every year I miss a couple.

This year, it was just one

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The LSU Tigers led by 5 points early in the second half against the #1 ranked Kentucky Wildcats, but couldn't hold onto the lead. As a result, they fell to Kentucky today in the quarterfinals of the SEC tournament by the score of 60-51. Trent Johnson's squad was extremely resilient, and fought tooth and nail with the best team in the land.

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Kentucky remains number one in the nation in the latest AP and ESPN/USA Today polls.

Kentucky was a unanimous #1 in the ESPN poll and got 63 of 65 first place votes from the AP.

Syracuse, despite a controversial win over West Virginia on S

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The LSU Tigers welcomed the #1 ranked Kentucky Wildcats to the P-MAC Saturday afternoon. It was the third consecutive ranked opponent for the Tigers, and it resulted in a third straight defeat. Kentucky was too much to handle for LSU, burying them by the score of 74-50.

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The LSU Tiger men's basketball team returns to action on Saturday afternoon, when coach Trent Johnson's squad plays host to the top-ranked Kentucky Wildcats, in SEC play, at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center, in Baton Rouge.

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Not much movement this week at the top of the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll.

Syracuse remained #1 in the poll, getting 30 of 31 first place votes.  Ohio State, ranked #2, got the other.

There are four teams from the Big East in the top ten of the poll.  Louisville is ranked #4, just behind Kentucky.  Connecticut and Marquette are 9th and 10th,

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Kentucky, Ohio State and Syracusen lead the way once again this week in the College Basketball USA Today poll.

Kentucky, who defeated North Carolina in a thriller, had 19 of the 31 first place votes.  The Buckeyes, who hammered Duke in the ACC

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What are the most-heated rivalries in college basketball?

Is it Duke/North Carolina, where you have two schools that nine national titles, and 33 Final Fours between them, with less than 10 miles in-between them?

What about the Sunflower Showdown, which features Kansas/Kansas St.?

Kentucky and Louisville is always a great early-season showdown between two programs that have no love for one another.

You've probably heard of the "Backyard Brawl", where West Virginia and Pittsburgh go after it on the gridiron. But that rivalry extends onto the basketball court as well.

So, what are the top rivalries in college basketball?

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The top ranked LSU Tigers beat up the Kentucky Wildcats in Baton Rouge today by the score of 35-7. Cornerback Tyrann Mathieu set the LSU record for forced fumbles, and scooped up the record setting fumble for a touchdown on the play. Freshman wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. reeled in 3 passes for 75 yards and a score. Quarterback Jarrett Lee remained the starter, but Jordan Jefferson got snaps, running 4 times for 29 yards and a score. He did not attempt a pass.

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