Before Shai Gilgeous-Alexander became the 2025 MVP of the National Basketball Association, SGA was named the MVP of Kentucky’s season-opening victory over Mark Pope and Utah Valley on Nov. 10, 2017.

The record shows that all four teams gathering in San Antonio for the men’s NCAA Final Four this weekend are one-seeds.

The analytics say that Louisville landed a player who appeared to improve every month with Kennesaw.

This will be the ninth consecutive Final Four that will not feature either the Louisville, Kentucky or Indiana basketball programs — other than the University of Louisville stat crew, a talented group that started providing its services in 1969.

The Wildcats dispatched the Vols by 5 points in Knoxville on Jan. 28 and again by 11 two weeks later at Rupp Arena.

Most bracketologists projected Louisville as a 6-seed.

There is a reasonable chance the University of Louisville and Kentucky men's basketball discussion will be revisited on the court during the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

Unless something outrageous happens, I believe that three of the four No. 1 seeds for the men's NCAA Basketball Tournament have been decided.

The drum has been banging persistently since early December when 16 teams from the Southeastern Conference thundered into the SEC/ACC men's basketball Challenge and emerged with 14 victories.

By defeating Notre Dame on Sunday night in South Bend, Louisville improved to 13-2 in the league, tied with Clemson for second place, a game behind Cooper Flagg and Duke.