Kentucky debuts as a 2-seed in official March Madness Preview

For the third season in a row, the NCAA Tournament selection committee released the top 16 teams in the field if the season were to end today.

As expected, Kentucky checked in as a 2-seed in the Midwest Region with Virginia as the 1. The Cats are actually the top 2-seed and have a clear path to a 1-seed.

NCAA Top 16 (NET ranking in parentheses):

1) Duke (3)
2) Tenn (4)
3) UVA (1)
4) Gonzaga (2)
5) UK (5)
6) Michigan (6)
7) UNC (8)
8) Mich. St. (7)
9) Purdue (13)
10) Kansas (20)
11) Houston (9)
12) Marquette (23)
13) Iowa St (15)
14) Nevada (17)
15) Louisville (16)
16) Wisc (14)— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) February 9, 2019

Once upon a time, the RPI rating for each team dictated a great deal of the seeding process.