There were smiles across the faces of the Kentucky Wildcats when they learned their NCAA Tournament fate, not because they officially punched a ticket to the Big Dance. Jacob Toppin was excited to see a familiar foe on the oppostie side of the bracket.
“B-HOP!” Toppin shouted when Providence appeared on the screen. “A J.T.-Bryce matchup? TOUGH!”
The duel once reserved for the practice courts at the Joe Craft Center will be under the limelight of the biggest stage in the sport. No. 6 Kentucky will face No. 11 seed Providence, led by former Wildcat Bryce Hopkins, in Friday night primetime on CBS.