How No. 2 Kentucky and No. 4 Duke match up at each position for Tuesday night’s Champions Classic in Indianapolis — with a game prediction:
Small forward
u25aa Kentucky’s PJ Washington is the Wildcats’ leading returning scorer (10.8 ppg) and rebounder (5.7 rpg). The 6-foot-8, 225-pound Dallas product averaged 16 ppg and 6.5 rpg in UK’s preseason exhibitions vs. Transylvania and Indiana University-Pennsylvania. If UK Coach John Calipari goes with a “big lineup” that uses Washington at the three, it will be interesting to see if the sophomore can succeed as a wing after playing on the post a season ago.