BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ No. 5 seed Kentucky (24-10) vs. No. 12 seed Davidson (21-11)

First round, South Region; Boise, Idaho; Thursday, 7:10 p.m. ET.

BOTTOM LINE: Ten years ago, Steph Curry became Steph Curry at the NCAA Tournament. He averaged 32 points a game in leading Davidson within one basket of the Final Four. Now, the Wildcats are back. They'll face the Kentucky Wildcats, a regular deep in the tournament, but a program that starts five freshmen and has been learning on the fly this year. 

3s PLEASE: Davidson is 16th in the country in 3-point attempts, trying more than 27 per game. As Kentucky coach John Calipari said, ``If they make 20, it's been a heck of a season for us.'' Calipari said his inexperienced team will have to stay patient on defense and unselfish on offense _ a formula that helped Kentucky shoot 16 percentage points better than opponents in winning the SEC Tournament. 

HE'S EVERYWHERE: Curry turned 30 on Wednesday. Nobody wants to give him something to celebrate more than the players and coaches at the program that he put on the map. ``Steph Curry is around our program 24 hours a day,'' coach Bob McKillop said. ``The imprint that he put on our program is probably the greatest imprint that any alum could put on a program or a school.''

VANDERBILT UPDATE: Calipari says freshman forward Jarred Vanderbilt did not practice with the team this week and won't likely play Thursday. Vanderbilt, who averaged nearly eight rebounds a game in 17 minutes, hurt his left ankle early last week.