Kentucky (27-8), the SEC Tournament champion, barely escaped Princeton in the opening round and then beat West Virginia 71-63 in the Round of 32. Star freshman point guard Brandon Knight has had an interesting tournament. He was scoreless against Princeton until he hit the game-winning layup in the final seconds. And then he erupted for a career-high 30 points in the win over the Mountaineers. Knight was the sixth freshman in the past five years to have a 30-point performance in the NCAA Tournament and first since Memphis’ Tyreke Evans in 2009.

Ohio State (34-2), the Big Ten regular-season and tournament champion, has looked very much like the No. 1 overall seed in pummeling UT-San Antonio and George Mason. OSU those games by a total of 62 points. It shot 58.6 percent from the field and 56 percent on 3-pointers. At one point the Buckeyes trailed GMU 11-2 only to go on a 50-15 run to close the half. And freshman star Jared Sullinger hasn’t even had a dominating performance yet. Aaron Craft had 15 assists against George Mason — over the last 15 seasons, only two players have dished out more assists in an NCAA Tournament game than Craft. OSU made 16 of 23 3-pointers against GMU and obviously is unbeatable if it continues to shoot like that from outside.

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