Three reasons why Mark Pope's Kentucky Wildcats can win the NCAA Tournament

Mark Pope did an excellent job of putting together an elite basketball team that is going to bring Kentucky basketball back to its prime. Many college basketball experts believe Pope has a team good enough to win Kentucky its ninth national title, and the Wildcats' head coach is excited to have high expectations surrounding Kentucky hoops once again.

Let's take a look at three reasons why Mark Pope's Kentucky Wildcats are good enough to win a national title.

Three reasons why Kentucky Basketball can win the NCAA Tournament

Depth

The first reason the Cats can win it all this season has to be their greatest strength, which is depth. Like in Noah's Ark, Coach Pope has two of everything on this roster, which will help, knowing that over the last handful of years, the injury bug has hurt Kentucky. Some of this depth is veteran, and some of it is young players who have a lot of upside.

Many widely consider Kentucky to have the deepest roster in all of college basketball, so the Wildcats will always have fresh legs. This is going to matter a lot once the NCAA Tournament rolls along. There is no team in college hoops deeper than Kentucky.

Star Players

Like depth, another thing that every elite college basketball team needs are some star players. The Wildcats have one sure-fire star player in Otega Oweh, who has a real shot to win SEC Player of the Year and could be an All-American.

On top of Oweh, the Wildcats also have Jayden Quaintance, who, once he gets back from the ACL recovery, will be the best defensive big in college basketball.

Point guard Jaland Lowe has star potential as well, so this Kentucky team has a lot of star players. The best part about these guys is the fact that they are unselfish. Star players with a large ego hurt teams, but that isn't the case for Kentucky.

Guard Play

It's a well-known fact that guard play wins in March, and Kentucky is going to have great guard play. There were questions about Lowe when he signed with Kentucky, but so far, he has turned heads at summer practice.

Oweh will be one of the best guards in all of college basketball and can go get a basket whenever Kentucky needs one. The other guards like Denzel Aberdeen, Jasper Johnson, and Collin Chandler are all players who many expect to break out this season.

The lights of March Madness won't be too bright for the Kentucky backcourt.