It’s been a wild NCAA Tournament thus far, which has led to a major shift in the college hoops landscape heading into the Sweet 16.
No team has benefited more from this than UK, who is now the favorite to win the South Region, despite being a No. 5 seed. That’s because 1 seed Virginia, 2 seed Cincinnati, 3 seed Tennessee and 4 seed Arizona all lost before UK could face them.
Now, the Cats are effectively a 1 seed in the South Region. However, ESPN took a more interesting approach in how to rank the remaining teams in the field.