It’s officially March, which means Joe Lunardi has locked himself in the bracket bunker. His latest bracketology for ESPN has Kentucky as the No. 1 seed in the Midwest Region, with North Carolina as the two-seed:
That sound you just heard was Fake Barney hyperventilating. Lunardi’s other No. 1 seeds are Virginia (East), Duke (South), and Gonzaga (West). He has eight SEC teams in: Kentucky (1), Tennessee (2), LSU (4), Mississippi State (6), Auburn (8), Florida (9), Ole Miss (9), and Alabama (11).
CBS Sports’ Jerry Palm also has Kentucky as the No.