Kentucky plummets in ESPN's latest Bracketology update

Kentucky has zero wins of significance through nine games this season. And while there is a long way to go until March, that isn’t ideal for the Wildcats’ NCAA Tournament odds.

ESPN’s Joe Lunardi dropped a fresh Bracketology update on Tuesday morning, which was none too kind to Mark Pope‘s program. Kentucky plummeted to a 9-seed in Lunardi’s projected field of 68, this coming just two weeks after he tabbed the ‘Cats as a 5-seed. In this scenario, UK’s opening round opponent would be 8-seed UCLA in St. Louis. The winner would take on the winner of 1-seed Iowa State and 16-seed Southern/Long Island in the Round of 32.

In its five wins, Kentucky has smacked every single one of them, beating…