Today\u2019s game vs. Brown is Kentucky\u2019s last tune-up before SEC play. On Saturday, the No. 6 Florida Gators come to town for a top-ten matchup at Rupp Arena. If the NCAA Tournament started today and Joe Lunardi seeded the field, it could be a Sweet 16 showdown.<\/p>\n
Lunardi released his final Bracketology of 2024<\/a> this morning. Kentucky is down to a No. 3 seed. The Cats were a No. 1 seed following the win over Louisville. Lunardi dropped them to a No. 2 seed after the loss to Ohio State, and, although the Cats haven\u2019t played since then, another seed line to No. 3 today. The No. 2 seed in Kentucky\u2019s region? Florida. If this hypothetical bracket was real, the two teams could be facing off in the Sweet 16 in San Francisco, with the winner potentially playing No. 1 Duke for a spot in the Final Four.<\/p>\n Kentucky and Florida are two of 13 teams from the SEC in Lunardi\u2019s field. Both Tennessee and Auburn are No. 1 seeds. Alabama joins the Gators on the No. 2 seed line, while Texas A&M is a No. 3 seed alongside Kentucky. Missouri is his first team out.<\/p>\n Tennessee: No. 1 seed<\/p>\n Auburn: No. 1 seed<\/p>\n Florida: No. 2 seed<\/p>\n Alabama: No. 2 seed<\/p>\n Kentucky: No. 3 seed<\/p>\n Texas A&M: No. 3 seed<\/p>\n Mississippi State: No. 4 seed<\/p>\n Oklahoma: No. 5 seed<\/p>\n Ole Miss: No. 8 seed<\/p>\n Arkansas: No. 9 seed<\/p>\n Georgia: No. 9 seed <\/p>\n Texas: No. 11 seed<\/p>\n Vanderbilt: No. 11 seed<\/p>\n Take advantage of our KSR+ Introductory Offer to get bonus coverage of the Cats, including game threads, in-depth scouting reports, and the latest recruiting and roster intel. $1 for seven days.<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n If you need yet another reminder of how loaded the SEC is this season, take a look at the NET Rankings<\/a>. Kentucky is No. 22 in the NET, which ranks behind Auburn (No. 1), Tennessee (No. 2), Florida (No. 4), Alabama (No. 8), Mississippi State (No. 18), and Texas A&M (No. 20) in the SEC. Fourteen of Kentucky\u2019s remaining 19 games are in Quad 1.<\/strong> If you go even deeper, 10 of them are Quad 1A, meaning the toughest of the tough.<\/p>\n NET Ranking<\/strong>Date<\/strong>Opponent<\/strong>Result<\/strong>1<\/strong>03\/01\/2025\u00a0Auburn2<\/strong>01\/28\/2025at\u00a0Tennessee2<\/strong>02\/11\/2025\u00a0Tennessee3<\/strong>11\/12\/2024\u00a0Duke (Champions Classic)W 77-724<\/strong>01\/04\/2025\u00a0Florida7<\/strong>12\/07\/2024\u00a0Gonzaga (Seattle, WA)W 90-89 (1 OT)8<\/strong>02\/22\/2025at\u00a0Alabama8<\/strong>01\/18\/2025\u00a0Alabama18<\/strong>01\/11\/2025at\u00a0Mississippi St.23<\/strong>12\/21\/2024\u00a0Ohio St. (CBS Sports Classic)L 65-8528<\/strong>01\/07\/2025at\u00a0Georgia31<\/strong>01\/25\/2025at\u00a0Vanderbilt33<\/strong>02\/15\/2025at\u00a0Texas36<\/strong>12\/03\/2024at\u00a0ClemsonL 66-70<\/p>\n NET Ranking<\/strong>Date<\/strong>Opponent<\/strong>Result<\/strong>20<\/strong>01\/14\/2025\u00a0Texas A&M41<\/strong>02\/26\/2025at\u00a0Oklahoma42<\/strong>02\/04\/2025at\u00a0Ole Miss50<\/strong>03\/08\/2025at Missouri<\/p>\n Kentucky has zero Quad 4 games remaining and just two in Quad 3: today\u2019s game vs. Brown and the home game vs. South Carolina on Feb. 8.<\/p>\n The SEC really does just mean more this year.<\/p>\n The post Kentucky down to a No. 3 seed in the final Bracketology of 2024<\/a> appeared first on On3<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today\u2019s game vs. Brown is Kentucky\u2019s last tune-up before SEC play. On Saturday, the No….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79497\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}14 of Kentucky\u2019s remaining 19 games are in Quad 1<\/h2>\n
Quad 1A: Home 1-15, Neutral 1-25, Away 1-40<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Quad 1B: Home 16-30, Neutral 26-50, Away 41-75<\/h3>\n