On Saturday, Kentucky basketball defeated the Louisville Cardinals to advance the Wildcats to 10 – 1 on the season. They also jumped up to number four in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll. Now, ESPN’s Joe Lunardi has the Cats as one of the four number one seeds in his latest Bracketology.
Lunardi has Kentucky as the top seed in the West Bracket, where they would play either American or Hampton in round one. The other number one seeds are Iowa State, the Auburn Tigers, and the Tennessee Volunteers.
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The number two seed out west is Gonzaga, and would be an interesting rematch down the line. Kansas is a very strong three-seed, with UCLA as the number four.
An interesting note this week is the potential second round matchup for Kentucky. The number nine seed is John Calipari and Arkansas, setting up a fun second round battle….if Coach Cal can get past round one.
It’s still early, but this would be a difficult bracket if things end up this way.