I was right, but I was also wrong.
Back in January, I wrote that this Kentucky basketball squad looked like a Sweet 16 team. Turned out, I was right. But what I inferred was that a regional semifinal was its ceiling. On that, it looks very much like I could be wrong.
That’s based partly on the way the South Region has opened up for John Calipari’s Cats. By the end of Friday night’s first-round play, No. 5 Kentucky was the highest-seeded team in its half of the regional bracket. No. 1 seed Virginia had historically lost to No.