Doug Gottlieb With Adam Kaufman: Can Anyone Beat Kentucky?
BOSTON (CBS) -- The big question everyone is asking heading into this year's NCAA Tournament is if anyone can beat the undefeated Kentucky Wildcats.
John Calipari is once again chasing a perfect season, with his Wildcats entering the tournament a perfect 34-0. Now that the field is nearly set, we can look ahead to potential opponents, and potential perfection crashers.
CBS Sports Radio's Doug Gottlieb joined WBZNewsRadio 1030's Adam Kaufman on Wednesday to break down the upcoming tournament, and said there are a few teams who could end Kentucky's season before they reach Indianapolis.
"Of the styles that you could form an upset, a team who presses for 40 minutes, who is absolutely fearless, and a team that will compete with Kentucky on the glass, I think [West Virginia] can do it," Gottlieb said of Kentucky's potential Sweet 16 foe. "I think Notre Dame has a shot to give them a game [in the Elite 8], because they stretch you out, shoot the three and play some zone. It's not a perfect matchup, but Notre Dame is a team that can give them a game."
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Gottlieb himself doesn't have Kentucky running the table, instead having them get knocked out in the Final Four.
"I picked in my bracket, I have Arizona beating them. I think Arizona or Wisconsin can beat them," he said of the two possible Final Four matchups for Kentucky. "They'd have to play an incredible game to do so, but I think they can beat them."
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And if Kentucky does make it to the title game, they may have another college basketball powerhouse standing in their way.
"The dream matchup in the finals would be a team like Duke, whose guards may struggle with the size of Kentucky but they can definitely stretch them out," he noted. "Who wouldn't want to see Jahlil Okafor [go against] Karl-Anthony Townes?"
Gottlieb has Villanova losing early, but said their small size could give Kentucky fits should the two teams meet in the finals.
Listen to Adam Kaufman's full chat with Doug Gottlieb, including a few potential Cinderella stories in this year's tournament:
