9th Ranked North Carolina, 14th Ranked Kentucky Who Have Identical Overall Records (7-2) Are Opposing Each Other In CBS Sports Classic Tonight At State Farm Arena Home Of NBA's Atlanta Hawks

9th ranked North Carolina, 14th ranked Kentucky who have identical overall records (7-2) are opposing each other in CBS Sports Classic tonight at State Farm Arena home of NBA’s Atlanta Hawks.

9th ranked North Carolina is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference!

14th ranked Kentucky is a member of the Southeastern Conference!

9th ranked North Carolina comes to the CBS Sports Classic with record of 7-2 because they lost to 5th ranked Connecticut 87-76 on Tuesday December 5, 2023 . in Jimmy V Classic inside Madison Square Garden home of NBA’s New York Knicks.

As 9th ranked North Carolina lost to 5th ranked Uconn 87-76 Tuesday in Jimmy V. Classic inside Madison Square Garden home of NBA’s New York Knicks Harold Ingram was 8-13 on field goals 3-4 on 3 pointers to go along with 4 rebounds, 5 assists , 1 steal, 2 turnovers. Armando Bacot was 4-12 on field goals to go along with 13 rebounds , 5 assists , 1 block, 1 turnover , 13 points. Elliot Cadeau was 3-4 on field goals to go along with 1 rebound, 5 assists , 1 steal , 7 points. R.J. Davis was 8-17 on field goals, 4-8 on 3 pointers to go along 4 rebounds, 1 assists , 1 steal , 1 block, 1 turnover, 26 points. Cormac Ryan was 3-10 on field goals, 0-6 on 3 pointers to go along with 6 points. Seth Trimble was 1-2 on field goals, 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 points. Paxson Wojcik was 1-1 on field goals to go along 1 rebound, 2 points.

In North Carolina’s 87-76 loss to Uconn they were out rebounded 33-43.

Following 9th ranked North Carolina’s 87-76 loss to Uconn in Jimmy V. Classic Tuesday inside Madison Square Garden home of NBA’s New York Knicks Armando Bacot who 5-10 from free thrown line had this to say!

“When I was going to get in that bending motion, I was just not really able to bend my knees,”

It was a tough one, but luckily we’ve got 12 days or something like that to prepare for Kentucky, so I’ll be fine.”

Following 9th ranked North Carolina’s 87-76 loss to Uconn North Carolina Head Coach Hubert Davis had this to say about how his team rebounded the basketball!

I just want to be a better rebounding team,“I think going into the game, we were a little bit under plus-seven rebounds. I want to be at least over plus-10 rebounding. Rebounding is the biggest key.”

According to Jadyn Watson -Fisher article on newsobserver.com

14th ranked Kentucky comes into the CBS Sports Classic like North Carolina with an overall record of 7-2 though unlike Uconn Kentucky won their previous game over Penn 81-66 on Saturday December 9, 2023 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania when they were ranked 16th as Tre Mitchell was 2-7 on field goals, 0-2 on 3 pointers to go along with 9 rebounds , 4 assists, 1 block , 4 points. Adou Thiero was 3-5 on field goals to go along with 2 rebounds, 2 steals , 6 point. Justin Edwards was 3-5 on field goals to go along with 3 rebounds, 6 points. D.J. Wagner was 4-9 on field goals, 1-2 on 3 pointers to go along 1 rebound, 7 assists , 1 steal, 9 points. Antonio Reeves was 7-13 on field goals , 2-6 on 3 pointers to go along with 3 rebounds, 1 assists , 16 points. Aaron Bradshaw was 7-12 on field goals, 1-2 on 3 pointers to go along with 11 rebounds , 1 steal, 3 blocks , 17 points. Reed Sheppard was 2-4 on field goals , 1-3 on 3 pointers to go along 5 rebounds , 3 assists, 3 steals , 1 block , 6 points. Rob Dillingham was 6-14 on field goals, 3-5 on 3 pointers to go along with 3 rebounds , 2 steals , 17 points.

According to espn app

Following Kentucky’s 81-66 win over Penn Kentucky Aaron Bradshaw who was 7-12 on field goals, 1-2 on 3 pointers to go along with 11 rebounds , 1 steal, 3 blocks , 17 points had this to say!

It was a surreal feeling of playing near home . I was just having fun out there.

According to article on espn app by Associated Press

Following Kentucky’s 81-66 win over Penn Kentucky Head Coach John Calipari had this to say about Aaron Bradshaw who was 7-12 on field goals, 1-2 on 3 pointers to go along with 11 rebounds , 1 steal, 3 blocks , 17 points.

Somebody told me to sub him. John Calipari response? Are you out of your mind? Are you watching this?

According to article on espn app by Associated Press

Tip off is set for 5:30pm from State Farm Arena!

The game is going to be televised on CBS with Jenny Dell, Brad Nessler , Bill Raftery commentating!