NCAA Tournament March Madness

#32 Kentucky

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Projected seed: 7

Kentucky’s standing reflects a resume with eye-catching highs and notably damaging lows, because the Wildcats have delivered resume-building wins such as the road triumph at Tennessee, the tight road finish at LSU, a neutral victory over St John’s and strong nonconference wins over Texas and Indiana that show they can win big games away from home, yet those moments are undermined by ugly losses like the blowout at Vanderbilt, the neutral drubbing against Gonzaga and tough setbacks at Louisville and Alabama that make the profile inconsistent. The schedule has already provided a mix of quality tests and easy beatdowns that don’t carry weight, and the remaining slate gives clear opportunities to change perception with road wins at Arkansas or Florida, a home rematch with Tennessee and a neutral game against Oklahoma all available to add meaningful signature results. If Kentucky collects another important road victory or two and steers clear of more damaging losses they preserve this placement, but further poor results away from home would quickly drop them down the bracket.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4Nicholls St247W77-51
11/7Valparaiso154W107-59
11/11@Louisville19L96-88
11/14E Illinois309W99-53
11/18(N)Michigan St7L83-66
11/21Loyola MD322W88-46
11/26Tennessee Tech335W104-54
12/2North Carolina28L67-64
12/5(N)Gonzaga10L94-59
12/9NC Central347W103-67
12/13Indiana31W72-60
12/20(N)St John's20W78-66
12/23Bellarmine290W99-85
1/3@Alabama17L89-74
1/7Missouri59L73-68
1/10Mississippi St83W92-68
1/14@LSU50W75-74
1/17@Tennessee21W80-78
1/21Texas35W85-80
1/24Mississippi73W72-63
1/27@Vanderbilt12L80-55
1/31@Arkansas2230%
2/4Oklahoma6177%
2/7Tennessee2150%
2/14@Florida818%
2/17Georgia3462%
2/21@Auburn2635%
2/24@South Carolina8766%
2/28Vanderbilt1241%
3/3@Texas A&M3339%
3/7Florida836%