Kentucky putting the mad in March Madness has become an annual rite (or, to hear UK complaints, an annual wrong) of the NCAA Tournament. Wrong seed. Wrong site. Wrong days of the week for games.
Having just completed his first year on the Selection Committee, UK Director of Athletics Mitch Barnhart vouched for the panel’s good-faith effort to get the bracket right.
When asked Friday if Kentucky had been treated fairly, Barnhart said, “Yeah. Very fairly.
“I can honestly look at my basketball coach and our team and people on my staff and our fans and say we were treated very fairly.