By Alan Lytle
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Lexington, KY – It's not very often that the Kentucky Wildcats go into a big game as the underdog, but that will be the case tonight when they take on number one seed Ohio State in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. UK Coach John Calipari says he's confident his team will respond to the challenge.
"At this point it's just two teams going at it each other and obviously they have had a wonderful year and they're the number one team in the country. But we're a top ten team also."
Calipari says the Buckeyes present a number of challenges on offense and defense.
"They are really talented. They play to their strengths. They're very skilled. They shoot, they bounce I mean they're a really terrific basketball team and we've gotten better too. We're playing as well as we've played all year right now."
The Cats and Bucks tip it off from Newark, New Jersey tonight around 9:45. The winner moves on to the Elite 8.