There were smiles across the faces of the Kentucky Wildcats when they learned their NCAA Tournament fate, not because they officially punched a ticket to the Big Dance. Jacob Toppin was excited to see a familiar foe on the oppostie side of the bracket.
“B-HOP!” Toppin shouted when Providence appeared on the screen. “A J.T.-Bryce matchup? TOUGH!”
The duel once reserved for the practice courts at the Joe Craft Center will be under the limelight of the biggest stage in the sport. No. 6 Kentucky will face No. 11 seed Providence, led by former Wildcat Bryce Hopkins, in Friday night primetime on CBS. The made for TV matchup did not go over Ed Cooley’s head. The Friars head coach described the Selection Committee’s decision as “Divine Providence,” a theological tongue-in-cheek remark.
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