Apologies for the lack of posts today. I’ve been working on some future stories, plus it’s been a rather slow news day, so not much to post.

Anyway, before I head home, I figured I would give you at least a little something to chew on this evening, albeit a small dose of information.

As we get closer and closer to March, the computer rankings are going to start taking more weight in the seeding of the NCAA Tournament. Rest assured, if the Big Dance started today, the Cats would be a No. 1 seed without question.

However, it is a bit concerning at this stage that even with a 19-1 record, UK isn’t atop the major computer rankings. In fact, it’s not even in the top five. Because of the strength of schedule rank, Kentucky sits at No. 9 in three of the major computer measurements (Sagarin ratings, RealTimeRPI and CBSSportsline RPI).

The Cats have a schedule rank of 82 in the RealTimeRPI system and 126 in Sagarin’s ratings.

Again, it’s only January and it doesn’t weigh as heavily now, but if the Cats want the No. 1 overall seed come March, they’ll likely have to improve that number.

The good news on the women’s side is that Matthew Mitchell’s Cats have RealTimeRPI ranking of 33, which, if the tournament started today, would almost definitely get UK in the Big Dance for the first time since 2006.

Just something to keep an eye on as the next month and a half plays out.