The Kentucky Wildcats have once again been one of the most impressive teams in the country and despite losing an early game to then number two Michigan State, the former number one ranked team is at number three and they will travel to Texas to AT&T Stadium to take on the Baylor Bears in the Big 12-SEC Challenge the game is where the final four will be this season and will be streaming live on WatchESPN.
The Wildcats have been very impressive once again early in the season with Julius Randle leading the way and he has shown that he is right there with the likes of Jabari Parker and Andrew Wiggins and those three players will be working in the NBA very soon. The Wildcats come into the game after winning against Providence at the Barclays Center on Sunday and Randle has put up a double-double in seven of eight games this season and he already is averaging 18 points and 12 rebounds to put him as an early candidate for player of the year. Kentucky always has strong talent up front and after losing Nerlens Noel they have reloaded and this team could have a future tournament opponent at hand in Baylor, who come into the game ranked 20th in the nation and they are also 7-1 this season, the same record as Kentucky.
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The Wildcats come into the game after a win and they next will play the Boise State Broncos at home and then the team has a game against North Carolina and that should be an interesting matchup after they were able to take down MSU and then after that the schedule starts to heat up with SEC play and of course a rivalry game with number seven Louisville and the games between the Cardinals and the Wildcats are always intense and exciting. The team also has matchups with Florida, LSU, Georgia and Tennessee coming up and those will be tough but the team should once again be the favorites in the SEC conference. The Wildcats are national title contenders and John Calipari will have to do another freshman job to take the team all the way this year.
The team is ranked in the top 30 in scoring and the top five in rebounding early in the season and they will have to focus on Cory Jefferson and Isaiah Austin for Baylor, as they are big dudes and that will be the toughest matchup for Kentucky to deal with on Friday night. The team has been playing very well and now they are hoping that the venue where they are on Friday will be the one they are at when the end of the season arrives with the Final Four and the national championship. The game on Friday will start up at 10:00 pm on ESPN and streaming from WatchESPN and will be a matchup of teams ranked in the Associated Press Top 25.