How Kentucky basketball can (or can't) reach the Final Four

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LEXINGTON — Las Vegas oddsmakers have established Kentucky basketball as one of the favorites to win a national championship.

But will the Wildcats follow through on that promise?

Here are three reasons Kentucky can make a run to the Final Four and three reasons it might not.

Why Kentucky can reach the Final Four

1. The roster is close to 100 percent

While Kentucky came away from the SEC Tournament in Nashville empty handed, the two games played there represented an important step back for graduate student and starting forward Reid Travis after missing five games with a right knee sprain.