In his latest bracketology projections released Monday, CBS college basketball expert Jerry Palm projected a South region in Louisville that included the Cincinnati Bearcats as a No. 7 seed, along with the Kentucky Wildcats as a No. 2 seed.
The Bearcats are matched up with 10th-seeded Syracuse, while the Wildcats would play 15-seed Loyola-Chicago. If both teams were to win their hypothetical opening matchups, they would play each other in the next round.