It’s safe to say Kentucky coach John Calipari and Big Blue Nation were not happy when the NCAA Tournament pairings were announced Sunday evening. Calipari went on ESPN and torched the selection committee for seeding Texas A&M, the team UK beat Sunday for the SEC Tournament championship, above UK, and for its ever-changing set of criteria used to select and seed NCAA Tournament teams. Kentucky Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart also weighed in on the process, releasing a letter Monday, calling for more rigid criteria and more transparency: “Our NCAA Tournament draw has, suffice to say, been quite the topic of conversation over the last 24 hours. On that subject, I agree with and fully support our coach…” -Chris Fisher, 247 Sports, Read the full statement here
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