Some of those ahead of the Wildcats? North Carolina, Tennessee, Florida State, Michigan, and LSU, all teams who ended up losing in their regional opener.
Today, Katz went back to the drawing board and re-worked his power rankings for the Elite Eight.
And once again, Kentucky was disrespected, coming in at No. 7 overall.
His justification? The Wildcats didn’t impress him enough in their gritty victory over the Houston Cougars last night.
“I’m going to get a lot of pushback here,” he said. “Kentucky at No. 7 because they had to hold off a very good Houston team, but they didn’t look as strong in their Sweet 16 matchup.