Looking around the rest of the college basketball landscape, Kentucky isn’t in a situation unique to its own. Fans would have obviously preferred a 6-0 or 5-1 start to the 2022-23 season instead of the 4-2 record that the ‘Cats currently stand on. But fellow Blue Bloods are in a similar position to begin the year.
Duke, North Carolina, Michigan State, and UCLA all join Kentucky in the two-loss category and check in near the back end of the Top 25. Even Gonzaga, which typically dominates regular-season action, is already up to two losses. Kansas just picked up its first loss to Tennessee by 14 points a few days ago.