Monday’s always feel great when the Kentucky Wildcats put together a marquee win over the weekend and that’s exactly what happened on Saturday at Rupp Arena. The Wildcats hosted the Auburn Tigers in a critical SEC showdown and pulled off a statement win, 86-54.
Kentucky has essentially locked up the No. 3 seed in SEC, which would secure a double-bye during next week’s SEC Tournament in Nashville. The double-bye would allow UK to skip out on having to play a Thursday game and instead start their postseason that Friday.
The blowout win over Auburn was also Kentucky’s fourth Quad One victory in a row, which has have gotten the attention of the voting committee for the Associated Press Top-25 rankings.