How NCAA Tournament South Region No. 5 seed Kentucky (26-10) and No. 9 seed Kansas State (24-11) match up at each position for their round-of-16 contest Thursday at the Philips Arena in Atlanta — with a game prediction:
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u25aa Kentucky’s Kevin Knox (15.3 ppg, 5.3 rpg) led UK with 25 points on 8-of-16 field-goal shooting in the Wildcats’ 78-73 win over Davidson in the round of 64. Battling foul trouble, however, the 6-foot-9, 215-pound freshman from Tampa had only eight points (4-of-10 shooting) in UK’s 95-75 victory over Buffalo in the round of 32.