Cincinnati.com · Mar 21, 2019
Live coverage: Get Kentucky vs. Abilene NCAA Tournament game updates
Through all of the ups (easily handling Tennessee at home) and downs (getting crushed by Duke in the season opener), Kentucky has entered the NCAA Tournament just about where everyone expected the Wildcats to be: Final Four contenders with the March Madness shining brightly on UK.
No. 2 seed Kentucky tips off at 7:10 p.m. against 16-seed Abilene Christian in Jacksonville, Florida. If Kentucky advances, it would meet the winner of 7-seed Wofford vs. 10-seed Seton Hall.
It's a 21-point plus point spread in Kentucky's favor right now, but we've done a piece on how Kentucky can play its best game against the Wildcats that hail from Texas.
Here are five things to know about Abilene.