One thing Kentucky accomplished with its 86-69 domination of top-ranked Tennessee on Saturday night is the Wildcats are squarely back in the hunt for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
If you remember, the Cats were the top No. 2 seed when the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee did its “Early Bracket Preview” show on Feb. 9. Duke, Tennessee, Virginia and Gonzaga were the No. 1 seeds. Kentucky was the top No. 1 seed, followed by Michigan, North Carolina and Michigan State.
UK’s 73-71 loss to LSU on Feb. 12 threatened to take John Caliapri’s team out of consideration for one of those four No.