Chịkọta isiokwu ahụ:  (CNN) Kentucky dị oke egwu ugbu a ị nwere ike na-ele asọmpi basketball ụmụ nwoke nke NCAA iji hụ onye ga-abụ onye nke abụọ. Ndị Wildcats a na-emeribeghị emeri bụ ndị na-atụ egwu n'abalị Tọzdee na West Virginia. Ihe ndekọ ahụ dị oke egwu egwuregwu ahụ gwụrụ tupu oge mbụ nke telivishọn. Ọ bụ ezie na ndị Wildcats meriri n'ọgbaghara, Notre Dame na Wisconsin gakwara Elite Eight na mmeri na-erughị nke ọma. Ndị Fighting Irish hapụrụ Wichita State ebe ndị Badgers chụpụrụ ndị North Carolina. N'oge a na-aṅụ mmanya abalị ọtụtụ telivishọn - n'èzí obodo Kentucky - ga-agbanwe chanel. Ozi ọma ahụ bụ na Arizona na Xavier gbara egwuregwu dị egwu n'asọmpi ikpeazụ nke abalị ahụ. Ikekwe i kwesịghị ịkpasu anụ ọhịa nke Kentucky iwe. N'izu bu egwuregwu ahụ ụzọ, Daxter Miles nke West Virginia kwuru, "Ana m enye ha ihe nkwado ha. Na-ekele ha na-aga 36-0. Ma echi ha ga-abụ 36-1". Maazị Miles atụfuola mmeri ya e ji n'aka site n'ebe dị anya. Ndị Wildcats meriri ndị Mountaineers 78-39 n'abalị Tọzdee n'asọmpi mpaghara Midwest nke na-abụghị asọmpi. Kentucky ji 18-2 na-eduga - ha gaara akwụsị ya mgbe ahụ - ma nwee ndị egwuregwu ise na-eme akara na ọnụọgụ abụọ n'abalị ahụ. Trey Lyles bụ onye kacha atụ goolu na Wildcats site n'inweta akara iri na anọ. West Virginia apụghị ichebe onye ọ bụla, ma e wezụga ma eleghị anya onye ọrụ nke dara mgbe ọ sụrụ ngọngọ n'elu onye ugwu na-echere na tebụl akara. Ihe ndekọ Kentucky nke 37-0 bụ mmalite kachasị mma na akụkọ NCAA, nke nwere Kentucky superfan Ashley Judd super excited. Ọ bụghị egwuregwu mara mma maka mwakpo Wildcats, mana Arizona meriri Xavier 68-60 na ọkara-ikpeazụ nke mpaghara West. Arizona gbara pasentị iri anọ, ebe Xavier na-agba pasentị iri anọ na atọ. Ndị Wildcats mere ka nchebe ha sie ike na ngwụcha, jiri ọsọ 19-7 mechie nke mere ka ha merie ma zute Wisconsin na Satọde. Ọ bụ mmeghachi nke egwuregwu Elite 8 nke afọ gara aga, nke Badgers meriri site na otu isi ihe. T.J. McConnell bu onye kachasi n'ime ndi Arizona nile na 17 points...
Kentucky meriri West Virginia. Ndị Notre Dame na-awakpo ndị mmadụ n'ọkara nke abụọ, nke Demetrius Jackson na-edu. Wisconsin na-egbochi ACC si North Carolina site n'ịgba ọmarịcha ọgba.