RUPP ARENA EXPLOSION....#5 TAR HEELS at #1 UK WILDCATS...arguably the TWO Best TEAMS in COLLEGE BASKETBALL..12PM ET

So many HEADLINES...a combined 13-1....KENTUCKY brings in a 34-0 RECORD under COACH CALIPARI at RUPP ARENA...BOTH TEams have a COMBINED 15 Future NBA PLAYERS...including the CONSENSUS #1 PICKS in the 2012 NBA DRAFT...the TAR HEELS' SF Harrison BARNES and the 'CATS SF/PF Anthony DAVIS or SF Terrance JONES.

The only blemish on either side is the TAR HEELS loss last week to the RUNNIN' REBELS in VEGAS over THANKSGIVING other than that it is a POUND for POUND KNOCK DOWN DRAG OUT DONNY BROOK that can only be played in front of an NATIONAL AUDEINECE.

Let's look at how the 2 TEAMS COMPARE from a NUMBERS PERSPECTIVE:

UNC 84 ppg (14th) 42 REBS ppg (9th) 19 assts pg (9th) .493 Team FG% (21st)

UK 83.7 ppg (15th) 44.3 REBS ppg (2nd) 16.3 assts pg (33rd) .496 Team FG% (17th)

look how evenly match both teams are and then you start looking at the ROSTERS it's a WHO's WHO among BIG MAC's and QUARTER POUNDERS:

UNC

Tyler ZELLER C SR
John HENSON PF JR
Harrison BARNES SF SO
Dexter STRICKLAND JR
Kendall MARSHALL SO
P.J. HAIRSTON FR
Reggie BULLOCK SO
James McADoo FR

UK

Terrance JONES SO
Michael KIDD-GILCHRIST FR
Doron LAMB SO
Anthony DAVIS FR
Marquis TEAGUE FR
Kyle WILTJER FR
Darius MILLER SR

GAME TIME....12PM ET..CBS...RUPP ARENA....Lexington KENTUCKY the GAME before the GAME in the FINAL FOUR

*****NOTE STATS from ESPN.com NCAA BB