After back-to-back wins over Mississippi State and Tennessee, Kentucky is off the bubble and in the NCAA Tournament field in the eyes of the internet’s bracketologists.
The Cats are an 8-seed in Joe Lunardi’s latest update over at ESPN and a 9-seed in Jerry Palm’s updated projections. Bart Torvik gives Kentucky a 96.9% chance of making the tournament, up from 39.1% this time last week. TeamRankings sets the Cats’ chances of making the field at 90.1%, up from 50.3% last week. The Cats’ average seed on Torvik is 7.9 and 8 on TeamRankings.