ESPN college basketball color commentator and Young Jeezy enthusiast Jay Bilas called Saturday night’s blue-blooded matchup between No. 9 Kansas and No. 8 Kentucky “a mid-term exam.”
“These two teams are building towards March and I’m not sure anyone is building faster than Kentucky,” Bilas added.
The Duke, Seton Hall and Alabama losses seem so long ago in the past that it’s almost comical to think about this Kentucky team losing lately. They’re arguably the hottest team in the nation, winning six games in a row and adding wins to their resume such as North Carolina (in Chicago), Louisville and Auburn both on the road, and now Mississippi State and Kansas at home with some huge conference matchups coming in the final month-plus of the regular season.