For people like us - and by that we mean Duke and Kentucky fans and everyone else who thinks college basketball might as well start in August or so - it’s about damn time and Tuesday can’t come soon enough.
For Duke and Kentucky this game is a bit of a reversal. Duke has had more experience lately (think Amile Jones, Marshall Plumlee, Matt Jones, Grayson Allen and other upperclassmen who could balance the younger guys) while UK has had the big freshmen classes and minimal experienced players to turn to.
This year, Kentucky has an outstanding freshman class again with 6-3 Ashton Hagans, 6-6 Keldon Johnson, 6-3 Immanuel Quickley, 6-5 Tyler Herro, 6-4 Zan Payne and 6-10 EJ Montgomery.