Since before the start of the 2018-19 college basketball season, the Big Blue Nation has put the Yum! Center, the host site for the South Regional, in its crosshairs. For a time, playing in Louisville for a spot in the Final Four looked improbable. That’s no longer the case.
ESPN’s Joe Lunardi and CBS’ Jerry Palm currently have the Cats as the one-seed in the South Regional. If the Cats slip up down the stretch, they can still find a way to play in Louisville.
Stanford A.D. Bernard Muir, the chair of the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee, said there would be no problem placing Kentucky as a No.