Kentucky came into the Gonzaga game in the top 20 of the NET Rankings. After the embarrassing 35-point loss, the Cats dropped to No. 39 in Saturday’s update. They’re back up to No. 31 today, just ahead of Indiana (No. 32), Saturday’s opponent in Rupp Arena. That makes that game a Quad 2 contest.
We’re only nine games in, but there’s no denying that Kentucky’s NCAA Tournament resume flat out stinks. The only wins Kentucky has are in Quad 4. The Cats are 0-4 in Quad 1 games. That’s on-paper proof of what we’ve seen on the court so far: Kentucky is very good at beating the bad teams and very bad against the good teams.