NCAA Tournament March Madness

#20 Kentucky

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Projection: first four out

Kentucky’s profile is a study in contrast: their best moments feature authoritative wins over quality opponents like Indiana and a strong neutral-court victory over St. John’s plus a string of blowouts that show they can score in every venue, while their worst moments are the damaging neutral losses to Gonzaga and Michigan State and the road defeat at Louisville that expose vulnerability away from Rupp. The schedule still hands them plenty of chances to reshape how the committee views them with several hostile road tests at Alabama, Tennessee, LSU, Vanderbilt, Arkansas and Auburn and high-visibility home dates against Texas and Oklahoma along with a later home meeting with Tennessee and trips to Florida and Texas A&M. Winning on the road in any of those tough environments or protecting the home slate against the remaining strong opponents would blunt the sting of the neutral-site beatings; failing to do so will leave their resume defined more by inconsistency than by upside.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4Nicholls St223W77-51
11/7Valparaiso209W107-59
11/11@Louisville11L96-88
11/14E Illinois321W99-53
11/18(N)Michigan St15L83-66
11/21Loyola MD328W88-46
11/26Tennessee Tech295W104-54
12/2North Carolina23L67-64
12/5(N)Gonzaga5L94-59
12/9NC Central352W103-67
12/13Indiana29W72-60
12/20(N)St John's19W78-66
12/23Bellarmine246W99-85
1/3@Alabama1633%
1/7Missouri6382%
1/10Mississippi St7985%
1/14@LSU3849%
1/17@Tennessee1432%
1/21Texas4676%
1/24Mississippi5781%
1/27@Vanderbilt823%
1/31@Arkansas2743%
2/4Oklahoma5378%
2/7Tennessee1454%
2/14@Florida1331%
2/17Georgia2865%
2/21@Auburn3447%
2/24@South Carolina8670%
2/28Vanderbilt843%
3/3@Texas A&M5057%
3/7Florida1352%