Kentucky’s only NCAA Tournament win against them was in 2011 in the Elite Eight with Brandon Knight, Doron Lamb, Terrence Jones, and the rest of their first Final Four team under John Calipari.

Against those three in the Big Dance UK has gone 5-11 and lost in the 2011 Final Four and 2014 title game to UConn. The Kentucky-Xavier series is extremely peculiar.

Should Kentucky continue to build its positive momentum with and ultimately land Stokes, it would be a banner moment for Pope and the program. Stokes would become the top high school prospect ever ...