Kentucky Vs Kansas State Live Stream: Watch Online Free 9:40 ET Friday - Kentucky Pre-Season Ranked 1st Try To Live Up To That Hype
Kentucky vs Kansas State live stream: Watch online free 9:40 ET Friday for the Round of 64 game that features the Wildcats and the Wildcats.
Kentucky was the preseason top ranked team in the nation, but it has been an up-and-down season for the Wildcats as they entered the NCAA Tournament as an eight seed. They will play vs the Kansas State Wildcats that of the Big 12 Conference. Watch the free live stream online as Kansas State is trying to snap a three-game losing streak.
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Asked if the preseason ranking was unfair for a team starting five freshmen, Kentucky coach John Calipari scoffed. There are always expectations for the blue-bloods from the Bluegrass State, according to ESPN.com.
"You're at Kentucky. That's part of it," Calipari said. "Some of it was, you know, you build it up so high it gives you a chance to start whacking at it. But that's part of it. And again, they have handled it great," he said, "and I'm proud of them."
Only three players from Kentucky have played in the NCAA tournament -- junior Brian Long and seniors Jon Hood and Jarrod Polson -- and they've done it for a combined 10 minutes. That makes the Wildcats (24-10), runners-up in the SEC tournament, the youngest team in this year's field, according to ESPN.com.
"It's a chance for us to validate what people said we could do at the beginning of the year," said Aaron Harrison, one of those starting freshmen. "We became much better in the last month or so, especially in the last two weeks. It's a new season, we get another opportunity to play, and just go out there and have fun and see what we can do.
Kansas State players are trying to play the being overlooked card.
"I feel like we've been overlooked. I watch TV, we all watch TV, and we hear what people are saying," said Kansas State forward Thomas Gipson. "We're not going to back down."
Will Spradling shrugged when he was asked why nobody seems to be giving Kansas State a shot at the team's press conference.
"I mean, obviously Kentucky has the name and the tradition," he said. "But they have about the same record we have, and I feel like we had a tougher schedule, and play in a tougher league."
