Bracketology: Kentucky now on the No. 6/7 seed line

On Friday, Kentucky was trending as a No. 8 seed in Bracketology. After blowing out Auburn, a fellow match workforce, at Rupp on Saturday, the Cats are climbing. Kentucky is now trending as a No. 6 or No. 7 seed within the newest NCAA Event projections. With a minimum of one Quad 1 sport left earlier than Choice Sunday, there’s nonetheless room to develop if the Cats hold issues up.

Kentucky is now the highest No. 7 seed on Bracket Matrix, which compiles all 97 bracketologies on the web; the Cats are as excessive as a No. 5 seed and as little as a No. 9 seed. Kentucky is as much as a No. 5 seed on Workforce Rankings and BartTorvik units the Cats’ seed at 4.8.

Prepared for some hypothetical brackets? Let’s do it.

ESPN: No. 6 seed within the South Area

Joe Lunardi’s newest Bracketology dropped this morning and Kentucky has a fairly superior draw. The Cats are a No. 6 seed within the South Area — so, Candy 16 and Elite Eight in Louisville. On this state of affairs, Kentucky would face the winner of the Wisconsin vs. Arizona State play-in sport in Albany for the possibility to face No. 3 seed Marquette within the second spherical. There’s a possible Candy 16 sport vs. No. 2 seed Texas or No. 7 seed Duke and a rematch vs. No. 1 seed Alabama looming within the Elite Eight.

Bracketville: No. 6 seed within the South Area

Bracketville additionally likes this state of affairs. In its projections, Kansas State is the No. 2 seed within the East Area and Missouri the No. 7 seed.

The Cats are the highest No. 6 seed on Bracketville’s seed checklist:

CBS Sports activities: No. 7 seed within the East Area

Yesterday, Jerry Palm up to date his projections and has Kentucky because the No. 7 seed within the East Area, dealing with No. 10 seed Memphis in Columbus. A possible second-round matchup vs. Marquette and a Candy 16-game vs. Duke or Gonzaga await.

Kentucky is the highest No. 7 seed on Palm’s Seed Record. Missouri, Iowa State, TCU, and Duke are the No. 6 seeds.

USA At this time: No. 7 seed within the South Area

USA At this time’s panel additionally put Kentucky within the South Area, however because the No. 7 seed, dealing with No. 10 seed Boise State within the first spherical in Des Moines. Marquette is the No. 2 seed.

As I outlined yesterday, Kentucky nonetheless has alternatives to enhance its NCAA Event resume. Tomorrow night time’s sport vs. Vanderbilt is in Quad 3, so will solely matter if Kentucky loses, however Saturday’s regular-season finale at Arkansas is within the high half of Quad 1. Pull off a win in Fayetteville and the Cats could have six Quad 1 wins heading into the SEC Event. From there, they might choose up two extra in the event that they make it to the finals. Win out and a No. 4 seed is just not out of the query.

Simply hold successful.