Kentucky basketball is continuing to rise, setting the team up for strong positioning as they hurtle towards SEC play and March Madness.
The Kentucky Wildcats have risen to a two seed in ESPN college basketball expert Joe Lunardi’s latest Bracketology projection, which dropped Tuesday morning.
Per Lunardi’s prediction, Kentucky is still slated to play in the Midwest region. However, the team has risen a slot from last week’s edition — now sitting as the second best team in that corner of the bracket.
The Wildcats are slated to open play in this edition against the fifteenth-seeded University of North Florida, who are 4-2 to start the year. The winner of that matchup would then play whoever advances between seventh-seeded Xavier and tenth-seeded Michigan.
It’s no surprise Kentucky has continued to rise, capitalizing off of a strong win against Duke. In the week since, they’ve dominated their two opponents — beating Lipscomb 97-68 and Jackson State 108-59.
With the trio of recent wins, plus an 87-68 thumping of Western Kentucky in the BBN Invitational after the poll dropped, the Wildcats are now 6-0 in head coach Mark Pope’s inaugural campaign. They’ve shot up to eighth in the most recent USA Today Coaches Poll, and are absolutely rolling early in the year.
They’ll have a chance to continue shooting up the bracket this week, as they’ll only play Georgia State before Lunardi’s next prediction drops.
The next edition of Lunardi’s Bracketology will release next Tuesday, December 3.