Kentucky vs. Iowa State game thread and pregame reading
The Cats look to take down the Cyclones and advance to the Sweet 16.
Gameday is here, as the Kentucky Wildcats will face off with the Iowa State Cyclones in St. Louis with a date in the Sweet 16 on the line. Game time is set for 2:45 PM ET on CBS.
The Cats are 5. 5-point underdogs. After a roller coaster of a game for UK in the Round of 64, Mark Pope and his team will now hope they can pull out another win to reach the second weekend of the Big Dance.
If they hope to do that, it will once again be driven by the performance of senior guard Otega Oweh. Oweh etched his name into NCAA Tournament history and Kentucky Basketball lore with his game on Friday afternoon. Can he do it once again?
It will be tough, but it can be done. For Iowa State, they will be looking to pull off the win without All-American big man Joshua Jefferson, who has officially been ruled out for today’s game. After suffering an ankle injury against Tennessee State on Friday, the star big man was not able to give it a go this afternoon.