How the men’s NCAA Tournament Midwest Region No. 2 seed Kentucky Wildcats (29-6) and No. 3 seed Houston Cougars (33-3) match up at each position — with a game prediction:
Small forward
u25aa Kentucky freshman Keldon Johnson (season averages of 13.6 ppg, 5.7 rpg) averaged 17 ppg and 5.0 rpg in UK’s NCAA Tournament wins over Abilene Christian and Wofford last week. Foul trouble limited the 6-foot-6, 211-pound product of South Hill, Va., to only 22 minutes of playing time in Saturday’s 62-56 victory over Wofford. UK will need Johnson on the court more than that to win Friday.