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There could be a massive meteor hurling directly toward Earth with only minutes until impact, and it still wouldn’t stop Joe Lunardi from releasing an updated Bracketology. The last time we mentioned Lunardi’s 2025 NCAA Tournament projections, Kentucky couldn’t even play a game of 5-on-5. That was in early May when new head coach Mark Pope was up to just nine players on the 2024-25 roster. Fast forward to late June and Pope now has 12 pieces with one remaining open scholarship spot. But summer practice started on Monday and, for now, this current iteration of the ‘Cats is what we’ll expect to …

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