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Kentucky’s NCAA fate may rest on overcoming inexperience

There’s no doubt that ESPN analyst Fran Fraschilla would like to see his friend, John Calipari, lead Kentucky to the national championship. But Fraschilla is not completely confident that UK will win two games in Indianapolis this weekend in order to advance to the South Region semifinals.

“I worry about the inexperience,” he said this week.

That worry intensifies as a freshman-dependent team like Kentucky advances.

Either Dayton or Wichita State can beat Kentucky “on a good day,” Fraschilla said of a possible Sunday game in the NCAA Tournament. “But I’m expecting Kentucky to get to the Sweet 16.