If the NCAA Tournament was to start today, the UK men’s basketball team would be a No. 1 seed, according to Joe Lunardi of ESPN.Lunardi, the self-proclaimed “bracketologist,” released his latest version of Bracketology, his predictions for the 65-team NCAA Tournament in March. Lunardi has Kentucky playing Army or the winner of the Patriot conference in the East region. Given UK’s start to the season and its current national ranking (No. 3 in both major polls), that’s of no surprise.Here’s the interesting part: If UK were to win, Lunardi has the Cats matched up with the winner of Georgia Tech and Memphis. Could you imagine head coach John Calipari going against his former school this soon?We’re still light years away from the Big Dance, but Lunardi has it right in one aspect – don’t put a potential showcase like UK-Memphis out of the equation. If there is a possibility the two teams could face each other, the NCAA Tournament selection committee wouldn’t hesitate to make it happen.Lunardi currently has six teams from the Southeastern Conference in the field. Just three teams made it a year ago.

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