If you are the type of Kentucky fan who looks to history to find omens for how the Wildcats will fare in the 2019 men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament, two things should be clear:
1.) Some of the major portents that can be discerned from UK’s past championship seasons are in conflict in 2019;
2.) If you trust the patterns of the past, UK’s chance of claiming its ninth NCAA title in 2019 is correlated to whether or not the No. 4 Cats (24-4, 13-2 SEC) beat No. 7 Tennessee (25-3, 13-2 SEC) in Saturday’s 2 p.