Lunardi said that although the loss to Evansville, a sub-150 team, at home will certainly knock the Cats off the top line in his next projections, Kentucky has enough opportunities remaining to make up for it.
A No. 1 seed for Big Blue remains very attainable, even the No. 1 overall seed. No one in the Commonwealth should tear up their Final Four tickets.
The most similar loss in recent times came a little less than two years ago when North Carolina fell in Chapel Hill to a rising Wofford program. Those Tar Heels dropped a line or two in the short run but managed to recover enough for a No.