Kentucky does not start their regular season until Friday night when they host the Lumberjacks from Stephen F. Austin. However, with two televised practices and two exhibition games under their belts, bracketologists are already projecting the Kentucky Wildcats as a 1-seed in the 2017 NCAA Tournament.
I completely agree that it is a little too much to guess how the brackets will fall before the regular season even starts, but based on the small sample size, it is looking like Kentucky will be among the nation’s best this season.
Jerry Palm from CBS, Shelby Mast from USA Today Sports and Dave Ommen from NBC Sports released their preseason bracket projections, and both placed Kentucky as a one-seed in the South Region.