With a quarterfinal victory over Alabama last night, ESPN’s Joe Lunardi kept Kentucky as a No. 1 seed, but instead of getting the Louisville regional, he moved the Cats to Kansas City with North Carolina as or No. 2.
In yesterday’s update, Lunardi had Kentucky as the No. 1 in Louisville and North Carolina as the No. 1 in Kansas City. Following UNC’s loss in the ACC Tournament to Duke last night, however, he dropped the Tar Heels and it shifted the entire board.
Jerry Palm of CBS Sports had something pretty similar, with the Cats owning the No.