You’re already booked for San Antonio, right? Atlanta’s NCAA South Region should be a Kentucky cakewalk. Everyone says so. Of the South survivors, UK is the best seed. It has the talent. It has the tradition. Final Four, here come the Cats.
Not so fast, my fiends. Cincinnati made that mistake. Or at least the University of Cincinnati bookstore got ahead of itself, printing Sweet 16 T-shirts and placing them on sale a few hours before — that’s right, before not after — its beloved Bearcats played Nevada on Sunday night. Not smart. Up 22 in the second half, Cincinnati spit the bit and slumped home as Nevada advanced.