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Ben Roberts

Kentucky’s NCAA Tournament path is set. Here’s who and where the Wildcats will play.

The Kentucky Wildcats now know where and when their NCAA Tournament will begin.

UK was given a 2 seed in the Philadelphia region in the 2022 tournament, it was revealed on the NCAA Selection Show on Sunday evening. The Wildcats (26-7) will face Saint Peter’s (19-11) in the first round of March Madness play Thursday in Indianapolis. If Kentucky avoids an upset in that game, it will play the winner of Murray State-San Francisco on Saturday.

Saint Peter’s earned an automatic bid in the NCAA Tournament by winning the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament. The Peacocks finished second in the regular-season MAAC standings. Iona and former Kentucky coach Rick Pitino won the MAAC regular-season title, but the Gaels were upset by Rider in the tournament quarterfinals.

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