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Otega Oweh scored 20 points, Andrew Carr had 13 and third-seeded Kentucky beat Troy 76-57 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday.
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Midwest Region No. 2 seed Tennessee (29-7) will play a rivalry game Friday in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16.
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The Kentucky Wildcats delivered the first NCAA Tournament victory of Mark Pope’s coaching career and moved on with a win over Troy on Friday night.
Led by Sun Belt Player of the Year Tayton Conerway, Troy finished in a four-way tie for the conference’s regular-season championship, then won the Sun Belt tournament as a 3-seed. That gave the Trojans the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, where the Sun Belt has made some noise the last two years.
Madness odds for Kentucky vs. Troy NCAA Tournament game, including point spread, moneyline, over/under for betting on Friday, March 21.
Zakai Zeigler and Tennessee booked a spot in the Elite Eight with a 78-65 win over Kentucky, avenging a pair of regular-season losses to advance to a regional