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Kentucky basketball's road through the NCAA Tournament just got a lot easier

'I'm not whining about it. I have a pretty good team,' said a perturbed Calipari. Buffalo's coach responds. Matt Stone, Louisville Courier Journal & NCAA

John Calipari probably likes Kentucky's bracket better now.

Suddenly, the basketball gods are smiling on his Wildcats, and what looked like a tough draw in the NCAA Tournament is no longer that way.

Top-seeded Virginia's stunning defeat to UMBC (that's Maryland-Baltimore County) on Friday night goes down as the biggest upset in college basketball history. It also greatly improved Kentucky's chances to make a deep run in the 2018 NCAA Tournament, especially after fourth-seeded Arizona's upset loss to No.