Daxter Miles Says West Virginia Will Beat Kentucky in Sweet 16

Because winning in the NCAA tournament isn't hard enough, West Virginia star guard Daxter Miles is providing some bulletin-board material for Kentucky ahead of their Sweet 16 showdown Thursday.   

Per Brett Dawson of Rivals.com, Miles believes that Kentucky should be intimidated coming into the game because of where it stands:

Miles was also nice enough to congratulate the Wildcats on being 36-0 before saying that would be the end of their undefeated streak:

Kentucky star Willie Cauley-Stein told Kyle Tucker of The Courier-Journal that he doesn't mind an opponent talking before a big game:

John Clay of the Lexington Herald-Leader provided a video with more comments from Cauley-Stein:

Kudos to Miles for having the confidence to speak out and boldly believe his team has a chance to compete with this undefeated monster that most people have pegged as the eventual national champion. But if the Mountaineers lose, he will only be added to the list of athletes who couldn't follow through on their guarantees.

Most predict that to be the outcome, but even experts aren't convinced yet. 

If there was lingering fear that Kentucky would grow complacent with just four games left to capture a title, Miles might have just provided a spark to squash that.

Whatever happens, Thursday's 9:45 p.m ET tip time cannot get here soon enough.