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The CBS Sports Classic returns for its 12th iteration on Saturday when four of the biggest names in men’s college basketball square off in a doubleheader inside Atlanta’s State Farm Arena. No. 22 St. John’s will face Kentucky in the opener at 12:30 p.m. ET, with No. 12 North Carolina and Ohio State set to go at it 30 minutes after the conclusion of game one. Both games will be televised nationally on CBS.
Before the action tips off Saturday afternoon, here’s the biggest question facing each of the four participating teams.
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Has Kentucky figured something out?
No team in college basketball has been more disappointing through the season’s first seven weeks than Kentucky. That said, the Wildcats are coming off of their most impressive win and performance of the season, a much-needed 72-60 home win over regional rival Indiana last Saturday.
The question still remains though: Are the Wildcats poised for a second half turnaround, or did they simply play a good, not great game against a good, not great opponent?
Rick Pitino and Mark Pope squaring off 30 years after Pope captained likely Pitino’s greatest college team — the 1995-96 national title-winning UK squad — is a cute subplot, but make no mistake about it, Kentucky fans will be keeping the main thing the main thing this weekend, and the main thing is building some essential momentum heading into the New Year and the start of conference play.
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There are rumors swirling that likely lottery pick Jayden Quaintance may make his Wildcat debut on Saturday. Whether the big man does or does not play, Kentucky has to find a way to negate St. John’s advantage on the interior with Zuby Ejiofor, Bryce Hopkins and Dillon Mitchell. After being whipped inside in their losses to Michigan State and North Carolina, UK controlled the glass and the paint in the win over Indiana. It’ll likely take a similar effort from the Wildcat bigs to pull off the mild upset in front of what figures to be a pro-BBN…
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