First ESPN bracketology has Kentucky in South Region with K-State and Michigan

The return of college basketball is almost here, so of course, Joe Lunardi has debuted his first bracketology of the new season.

To no surprise, the Kentucky Wildcats are a 1 seed in a somewhat favorable South Region, which includes plenty of storylines.

The first is the Michigan Wolverines and star guard Charles Matthews, who transferred from Kentucky following the 2015-16 season. While Michigan is still a preseason top-25 team, they lost a lot off of their Final Four team of last season.