Kentucky dropped in Lunardi's first update to his new 2024 Bracketology, which is outrageous

The confetti was still fresh from the NCAA Tournament championship when Joe Lunardi put out his first Bracketology for next year’s NCAA Tournament.

Now a week later, Lunardi already has eraser marks and updates on his early 2024 projection. UConn fans are still hungover from last week’s parade, yet, Lunardi has already put so much thought into next year’s tournament that he’s already had time to change his mind.

And Kentucky is one of the teams on the early downward slide, somehow.

In this new April 18 update to the 2024 Bracketology (keep up!), Lunardi moved Kentucky from a No. 5 seed to a No. 6 seed in the South Region. With the sudden and unexplainable drop, Kentucky slid from a 5-vs-12 matchup against Stephen F. Austin in Spokane to a 6-vs-11 in Omaha against either Ohio State or Virginia. Seems like a bad draw.

Last week’s No. 1 seed in the South was Purdue, but now it is the defending champ Huskies.

Here is the full bracket because we can’t look away:

Odds to win the 2024 national championship

In a contrast to Lunardi’s opinion, oddsmakers give Kentucky the fifth-lowest odds to win the 2024 national championship.

The latest numbers from VegasInsider.com:

Connecticut +1100
Duke +1300
Arizona +1500
Alabama +1500
Kentucky +1500
Purdue +1600
Creighton +2000
Marquette +2000
Michigan State +2000
North Carolina +2400
UCLA +2500
Arkansas +2500
Kansas +2500
Houston +2500
Gonzaga +2500
Florida Atlantic +3000
Miami +3000
Texas +3400
Tennessee +3500