Kentucky WBB in solid position to host first two rounds of NCAA Tournament in latest Bracketology

kentucky-solid-position-host-first-two-rounds-ncaa-tournament-bracketology — Photo of Kenny Brooks, Georgia Amoore by Dr. Michael Huang | Kentucky Sports Radio

All season long, Kentucky has been pushing to earn a double bye in the SEC Tournament and a Top 16 seed in the NCAA Tournament. They’ve already accomplished one of those goals, but we won’t know if the Cats get to host the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament until Selection Sunday on March 16th.

In the latest Bracketology update, however, ESPN’s Charlie Creme projects Kentucky to be a 3-seed, meaning that the first two rounds would be in Historic Memorial Coliseum, giving Kentucky home court advantage.

Kentucky would be set to take on 14-seed Green Bay (26-5, 19-1 HOR) in the first round, then most likely playing 6-seed West Virginia (23-6, 13-5 B12) in the Round of 32.

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The other 3-seeds in the projected field are Oklahoma, TCU and Duke. There are 10 total SEC teams the tournament — the second most of any conference, sitting behind the Big 10, which has 13 teams slated to make the big dance.

Kentucky is in prime position to make a run to places they’ve never been. Now, it’s just a matter of actually doing it.

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