Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  (CNN) He tino whakamataku a Kentucky i tēnei wā kei te mātakitaki pea koe i te whakataetae poitūkohu tāne NCAA kia kite ai ko wai ka eke ki te tuarua. I whakamataku te pō o te Rāhoroi pai o te pō o te Rāhoroi o te Rāhoroi i te tukino i a West Virginia. He tino taurite te whiwhinga, ā, ka mutu te kēmu i mua i te wa tuatahi o te pouaka whakaata. Ahakoa i wikitoria nga Wildcats i roto i te pupuhi, ko Notre Dame me Wisconsin i eke ki te Elite Eight me nga wikitoria iti iho i te whakamarie. I wehe atu te kapa Fighting Irish i te kapa Wichita State i te wā i whakaekehia atu ai te kapa Badgers i te kapa North Carolina. I te wā o te pō, he maha ngā pouaka whakaata - i waho o te whenua o Kentucky - i huri i ngā hongere. Ko te rongo pai ko Arizona me Xavier i tākaro i tētahi kēmu whakamataku i roto i te whakataetae whakamutunga o te pō. Tērā pea kaua koe e whakaoho i te kararehe o Kentucky. I te wiki i mua i te kēmu, ka mea a Daxter Miles o West Virginia, "Ka hoatu e ahau ki a ratou a raatau taonga. Kia tau te mihi ki a rātou e eke ana ki te 36-0. Engari apopo ka 36 ki te 1 rātou". I ngaro a Mr. Miles i tana wikitoria kua oti te whakarite. I whiua e ngā Wildcats ngā Mountaineers 78-39 i te pō o te Rāhoroi i roto i tētahi whakataetae o te Rohe o waenganui ki te uru, kāore anō kia whakataetae. I eke a Kentucky ki te ārahi 18-2 - me mutu i a rātou i reira - ā, e rima ngā kaitākaro i eke ki ngā tohu takirua i te pō. Ko Trey Lyles te kaitākaro nui rawa o te kapa Wildcats me te 14 ngā piro. Kaore i taea e West Virginia te tiaki i tetahi, haunga pea te kaitohutohu i hinga i te wa i tutuki ai ia i tetahi Mountaineer e tatari ana i te teepu kaute. Ko te rekoata 37-0 o Kentucky te tīmatanga pai rawa atu i roto i te hītori o te NCAA, e tino harikoa ana a Ashley Judd. Ehara i te kēmu pai mō te whakaeke a te Wildcats, engari i eke a Arizona ki mua i a Xavier 68-60 i tētahi whiringa toa o te Rohe ki te Uru. Ko Arizona i pupuhi i te 40 ōrau, ko Xavier kāore i pai ake i te 43 ōrau. I whakapakarihia e te Wildcats to ratou parenga i te mutunga, ka kati me te 19-7 i akiaki ia ratou ki te wikitoria me te hui i te Rahoroi me Wisconsin. He tukinga anō tēnei o tētahi kēmu Elite 8 i te tau kua hipa, i riro ai i ngā Badgers mā te piro kotahi. Ko T.J. McConnell kei runga i ngā kaitākaro Arizona katoa me ngā tohu 17...
Ka whakangaromia e Kentucky a West Virginia. Ka wera te whakaeke a Notre Dame i te haurua tuarua, e arahina ana e Demetrius Jackson. Ka ārahi a Wisconsin i a ACC o North Carolina me te tino pai o te kopere koreutu.