Kentucky begins postseason play on Friday. What is the Cats’ ceiling when it comes to NCAA Tournament seeding? Earlier this week, they were trending as a No. 6 or 7 seed. In last night’s update, Joe Lunardi bumped the Cats up to a No. 5 seed.
We’ll get to that in a minute. Kentucky is still on the No. 6 seed line on BracketMatrix, which compiles all the bracketologies on the internet. The Cats’ average seed is 6.04, placing them right behind TCU (5.54) and ahead of Texas A&M (6.14). Across the 121 brackets, Kentucky is as high as a No.