As usual, Kentucky showing up in early college basketball Top 25 lists for 2020-21
The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament championship game was supposed to take place last Monday night. Immediately after that game the way-too-early Top 25s begin sprouting on the worldwide web. The lack of a title game this year hasn’t stopped the Top 25s.
Here is a compilation of those lists.
ESPN’s Dick Vitale has published a dandy dozen for next year. Kentucky is No. 6.
Gonzaga
Villanova
Baylor
Duke
Kansas
Kentucky
Click here for the rest of Dickie V’s list.
Andy Katz has Kentucky at No. 9 in his way-too-early Power 36.
Gonzaga
Baylor
Villanova
Creighton
Iowa
Wisconsin
Kansas
Michigan
Kentucky
Virginia
Click here for the rest of Andy’s list.
Kentucky is No. 6 in Sports Illustrated’s early Top 25.
Villanova
Gonzaga
Baylor
Virginia
Creighton
Kentucky
Duke
Iowa
Kansas
Texas Tech
Click here for the rest of SI’s list.
Gary Parrish has UK at No. 2 in his CBS Sports Top 25.
Gonzaga
Kentucky
Creighton
Baylor
Villanova
Virginia
Houston
Iowa
Kansas
Duke
Click here for the rest of Gary’s list.
Seth Davis of The Athletic has Kentucky at No. 7 on his list.
Gonzaga
Baylor
Villanova
Wisconsin
Creighton
Duke
Kentucky
Iowa
Virginia
San Diego State
Click here for Seth’s full top 25.
Rob Dauster of College Basketball Talk has Kentucky at No. 7.
Villanova
Gonzaga
Baylor
Creighton
Virginia
Michigan State
Kentucky
Kansas
Texas Tech
San Diego State
Click here for rest of CBT’s list.
I’ll update as I come across more way-too-early Top 25 lists.
This story was originally published April 9, 2020 at 10:43 AM.
