There’s no way to put it nicely: Saturday’s loss to Auburn was bad. So bad that CBS Sports’ Gary Parrish dropped Kentucky out of his Top 25 (and One) rankings this morning, along with Duke:
Kentucky is 13-4 with just two top-50 KenPom wins, and all four losses have come to schools ranked outside of KenPom’s top 50, most recently Saturday’s loss to an Auburn team that’s ranked 162nd. Meantime, Duke is 14-4 with just two top-50 KenPom wins and two losses outside of KenPom’s top 50. The Blue Devils have lost two straight games, most recently a home game to Notre Dame on Saturday that dropped Duke to 3-2 in the ACC.