NCAA Tournament March Madness

#28 Kentucky

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Projected seed: 7

Kentucky’s resume fits squarely where it sits because it pairs eye-catching, resume-building wins on the road at Tennessee and Arkansas and neutral-site victories over St. John’s and LSU with solid nonconference scalps of Texas, Oklahoma and Indiana, yet those positives are offset by damaging showings like the neutral loss at Gonzaga, the blowout at Vanderbilt and a string of losses to Florida that signal inconsistency. The Wildcats have proven they can win away from Rupp against quality opponents and those head-turning wins prevent their profile from slipping into real danger, but the lopsided defeats and too many home and road hiccups keep the upside limited. If Kentucky can avoid more bad losses and put together a coherent stretch against top league competition and in the upcoming conference window they can move up, otherwise the combo of good wins and ugly losses cements them in the middle of the field.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4Nicholls St236W77-51
11/7Valparaiso158W107-59
11/11@Louisville19L96-88
11/14E Illinois323W99-53
11/18(N)Michigan St9L83-66
11/21Loyola MD322W88-46
11/26Tennessee Tech315W104-54
12/2North Carolina29L67-64
12/5(N)Gonzaga10L94-59
12/9NC Central352W103-67
12/13Indiana46W72-60
12/20(N)St John's17W78-66
12/23Bellarmine278W99-85
1/3@Alabama18L89-74
1/7Missouri52L73-68
1/10Mississippi St100W92-68
1/14@LSU60W75-74
1/17@Tennessee16W80-78
1/21Texas37W85-80
1/24Mississippi65W72-63
1/27@Vanderbilt12L80-55
1/31@Arkansas15W85-77
2/4Oklahoma40W94-78
2/7Tennessee16W74-71
2/14@Florida4L92-83
2/17Georgia32L86-78
2/21@Auburn38L75-74
2/24@South Carolina95W72-63
2/28Vanderbilt12W91-77
3/3@Texas A&M39L96-85
3/7Florida4L84-77
3/11(N)LSU60W87-82
3/12(N)Missouri52W78-72
3/13(N)Florida4L71-63