Jacob Toppin, Kentucky Wildcats (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
Checking in on the Bracketology updates for UNC, Kentucky, Michigan and more for March Madness after a wild weekend in college basketball.
Conference tournaments begin this week, the major conference tournaments for the ACC, Big 12, SEC, and so on will begin next week, and in 13 days it will be Selection Sunday. No question about it, March Madness is fully upon us.
And yet, so much is left undecided right now. 68 teams will earn their way into the March Madness bracket but now is the time when the Bracketology predictions and projections are shining. Several huge programs have been talked about constantly in that regard with UNC, Kentucky, Michigan and several others sitting on the bubble, praying it doesn’t burst.
So as these programs head into the last week of the regular season, where do things stand? Let’s take a look at the latest Bracketology updates and projections for March Madness for the big-name programs and some other notables as well.
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Kentucky Bracketology predictions: Wildcats might be March Madness lock now
If John Calipari’s team were to put on a theatrical production to sum up the panic of the previous month, it would undoubtedly be Much Ado About Nothing.
After a demoralizing loss to Georgia, Kentucky is now riding a four-game winning streak that includes a win over then-No. 10 Tennessee and two victories over potential NCAA Tournament teams in Mississippi State and Auburn, a historic blowout win over the latter coming this past weekend.
In his Bracketology projections for Monday, Jerry Palm of CBS Sports has the Wildcats essentially off the bubble as a No. 7 seed. With games remaining at Rupp Arena vs. Vanderbilt and on the road against Arkansas, it would take something dramatic for this Kentucky team to fall out of the March Madness field before the SEC Tournament.
And the truth of it is they might have played their way into simply being a lock to make it now.
