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How will Kentucky’s young guns react to playing in their first NCAA Tournament? | Lexington Herald Leader

You don’t know. I don’t know. I doubt even John Calipari knows for sure.

How will Kentucky’s young basketball players react to playing in their first NCAA Tournament?

After all, Thursday’s first-round game against Atlantic 10 Tournament champion Davidson in Boise, Idaho, is the latest in a line of firsts for a team that plays seven freshmen and two sophomores.

They have often reacted well to new situations. Other times, not so much.

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Flip the calender back to November and the Champions Classic in the United Center in Chicago.