Kentucky Kicks Off Playoffs Like a Boss in Mardi Gras Style!

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - MARCH 23: Kentucky Wildcats cheerleaders and mascot The Wildcat perform during a game against the Illinois Fighting Illini during the second round of the 2025 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament held at Fiserv Forum on March 23, 2025 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Jack Dempsey/NCAA Photos via Getty Images) | NCAA Photos via Getty Images Greetings, BBN! The Kentucky Wildcats are now handing in a complete resume for Selection Sunday, and unlike a lot of other programs around the country, theirs has everything it needs to comfortably make the field and land them squarely in the middle of the bracket.

At one point in the nonconference, they were 5-4, and at one point early in SEC play, they were 9-6, but now, after 31 regular-season games and 3 games in Nashville, they’re 21-13 with 12 wins over SEC teams, 5 wins over ranked opponents, and no bad losses. That’s an NCAA Tournament team, ready to make some noise. Let’s take a look at their resume heading into Selection Sunday: Resume Review (3/14/26): Notes: Kentucky’s Quad 1 wins are St.

John’s on a neutral floor, at Tennessee, at Arkansas, at Tennessee at home, and Vanderbilt at home. Overall, in the first two quadrants, they are 12-12, with the only non-Quad 1 losses being at home to Missouri and Georgia—both likely NCAA Tournament teams. Current projections at ESPN, CBSsports, SportingNews.

com, and other bracketology sites show Kentucky as most likely to get a 7-seed. Who will UK’s opponent be in the first round? The most likely candidates: Santa Clara, NC State, or UCF, or perhaps Ohio State.