Charles
Bray and Michael Lehman
Staff
Writers
Attention
New Hope-Solebury students, with the college basketball season starting on Nov.
6 your March Madness brackets will most likely be impacted by the Kentucky
Wildcats and the Duke Blue Devils.
These two teams play each other for their first game of the
season, which is a matchup of two top five teams in the country. Looking at
this game, these two teams will be the favorites heading into the March Madness
tournament and making it to the national championship game. The Duke Blue
Devils are preseason favorites to win the national championship at 5-1 odds.
The main reason behind Duke’s preseason hype is their 2018 recruiting class,
which includes the top three players in the country: Zion Williamson, RJ
Barrett, and Cam Reddish. Along with Tre Jones, the brother of former Blue
Devil.
As for Kentucky, coach John Calipari of Kentucky has been
getting the team ready all season for the opening game against Duke. Preparing
the team by having many offseason practices consisting of drills and weight
room sessions. This Kentucky team, likewise, is a very young and talented, full
of 4- and 5-star recruits. These Kentucky young bucks have always struggled at
the beginning of the season because of their young age and immaturity. Once the
season progresses they pickup chemistry and as history shows, they will contend
for a national title and will be a good pick for your March Madness bracket.
Tuesday night should be one of the best college basketball
games of all-time. The champions classic matchup between Duke and Kentucky
happens only once every couple of years. The last matchup was in 2015 when
Kentucky beat Duke by a score of 74-63. Kentucky leads the all-time matchups
between the two schools by three wins. With all the hype surrounding the clash
of the titans, Tuesday is sure to be a night to remember.
