UConn, Kentucky In Finals Tonight
Connecticut and Kentucky couldn’t have met in last year’s championship game and few people gave them a chance to be in this year’s.
Seventh-seeded Connecticut and eighth-seeded Kentucky meet Monday night in one of the unlikeliest NCAA championship games ever. Neither was around in last year’s postseason – Connecticut because of a tournament ban over academic issues; Kentucky because it didn’t make the field. And neither looked like national title contenders at times this season. Kentucky (29-10) and its outstanding freshmen went from preseason No. 1 to out of the rankings after some bad losses. And Connecticut (31-8) was not a popular postseason pick after finishing tied for third in the American Athletic Conference with multiple losses to Louisville and SMU/
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(AP photo: Kentucky players celebrate on the court after their 74-73 victory over Wisconsin in an NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday)
Question: Who do you think will win?
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