Perhaps a late reflection of Kentucky’s road loss to Georgia a week and a half ago, the UK men’s basketball team has slipped a bit in Joe Lunardi’s latest Bracketology for ESPN.
If the tournament were to start today, Lunardi has the Cats as a No. 3 seed, playing 14th-seeded Bucknell in Tampa, Fla.
Kentucky’s league, the Southeastern Conference, has looked better as of late, and the recent improvement is reflected in Lunardi’s latest projections as five SEC teams are in this week’s mock bracket. South Carolina is on the early bubble as Lunardi lists the Gamecocks in the “Next Four Out” category.
Check out this week’s Bracketology here.
As for the women’s side, well, that three-game losing streak hurt. UK tumbled to a No. 5 seed in this week’s mock bracket.
Charlie Creme, who projects the women’s bracket for ESPN, has the Cats playing Bowling Green in Charlottesville, Va.
Six SEC teams are projected to make the field with Tennessee as a No. 1 seed.
