A victory on the road on Tennessee compensated for a home defeat against Arkansas. At least, that’s what the last NCAA tournament The projections show Kentucky basketball.
The 1-1 record of the United Kingdom last week began with a signature victory in the rival of the border state UT. But then the Wild cats underwent a discouraging defeat in the hands of the Razorbacks and former coach John Calipari four days later.
The results were actually canceled in terms of NCAA sowing planned for the team of coach Mark Pope.
Is January. 27, Support matrix The average Kentucky seed provided 2.83, appearing in the 80 supports. A week later, the medium-projected average seed of the United Kingdom on the support matrix is ​​2.91 (on the basis of 91 supports, which included all the Wildcats).
Although it fell a little so slightly, the Kentucky (15-6, 4-4 seconds) would probably be a 3 seeds if March Madness started this week. United Kingdom, which is 19th in the Net classificationis now 7-5 in 1 games – The clashes on which the NCAA selection committee relies heavily When it starts to build the support on selection Sunday. The seven triumphs of the quad 1 of the Wildcats are tied with Texas A&M for the third plus nationwide at the beginning of Monday. Auburn (12) and Oregon (eight) are 1-2 in this department.
Enter Monday, Bracketwag.com Has listed Kentucky as the seeded n ° 3 in the West region, facing 14 seeds of lips in a revenge match earlier this season. (The United Kingdom reached a 97-68 victory in Lexington on November 19.) Bracketologists.comWho bases his projections entirely on the net ranking, has the Wildcats as 5 seeds, square with Drake, 12th seeded in the first round.
Here is an overview of the curriculum vitae of the NCAA tournament of Kentucky from Monday evening, as well as projections of various national points of sale:
CV from Kentucky Basketball, net classification
Net classification: 19
Kenpom classification: 22
Record Quad 1: 7-5
Record Quad 2: 0-1
Record Quad 3: 2-0
Record Quad 4: 6-0
Where ESPN projects Kentucky basketball in the NCAA tournament
Espn Bracketologist Joe Lunardi published his last screening on January 31, the day before Kentucky’s home defeat against Arkansas. At the time, Lunardi had the United Kingdom as seeded n ° 3 in the southern region, heading for Wichita, Kansas, for a confrontation with the seeded n ° 14 in Northern Colorado in the first round .
CBS Sports Kentucky Basketball Bracketology for the NCAA tournament
Sports writer CBS Jerry Palm published its latest support Monday morning. He projected Kentucky like 3 seeds in the midwest regionTraveling to Denver to face 14 strikes from northern Colorado in its own state.
Bracketology ON3 for British basketball
James Fletcher IIIwho works for ON3, wrote a crochetology projection for the network who posted on Sunday. He placed the Wildcats in the Midwest region, winning a seeded at 4. Fletcher Project, United Kingdom, will play his first-round match in Providence, Rhode Island, with a state of 13 seeds with the state of the ‘Arkansas.
What is the next step for Kentucky basketball
The United Kingdom has two games this week. And they could not be more opposed in nature.
First of all: an inclination of the road Tuesday against OLE MISS. With the rebels seated 23rd in the net (from Monday), this is another opportunity for the Wildcats to win a Victory of Quad 1.
Next: one morning at home against South Carolina At noon on Saturday. The Gamecocks are n ° 92 in the net ranking, the worst of the dry at 16 teams. This makes it a quad 3 competition for the United Kingdom. Given how much the gamecocks watched this season – they started the week with A global record of 10-12 And are the only team without victory (0-9) in conference game – the Wildcats can in no case fall flat on their faces to Rupp Arena And (in one way or another) loses against a team from the Modeste USC for the second consecutive fight in Lexington.
The projected NCAA sowing of Kentucky takes a much more precipitated drop than this week.
Reach the backball and male football journalist from Kentucky, Ryan Black, at rblack@gannett.com and follow him on X at @ryanablack.
This article originally appeared in the Louisville Courier Journal: Kentucky Basketball NCAA Tournament Projections: March Madness 2025
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