The Post’s Zach Braziller breaks down the game to watch, trends and more for the upcoming week of college basketball.

No. 18 Kentucky at No. 4 Auburn, Saturday, TBD

Kentucky made a statement with its 28-point home win over No. 22 Tennessee on Saturday. The Wildcats means business in the SEC this year after last winter’s dismal eighth-place finish. A road win here will be much tougher. Led by potential No. 1 NBA draft pick Jabari Smith, Auburn has won 13 straight games — the longest active streak in the country — and could be ranked No. 1 in the country on Monday for the first time ever.

A prediction of the top four seeds in the NCAA Tournament (listed in order):

1: Auburn, Gonzaga, Baylor, LSU

2: Kansas, Duke, Villanova, Purdue

3: Houston, Illinois, Kansas, Wisconsin

4: Texas Tech, UCLA, Kentucky, Iowa State

Expectations were low, and understandably so. A new coach with a new system was brought in, and the program’s top five starters departed. Just being in the NCAA Tournament mix would’ve counted as a successful season. Now, it’s the middle of January, and it would be a surprise if Shaka Smart’s team isn’t dancing. It owns wins over likely tournament teams Seton Hall, Illinois, West Virginia and Providence, and doesn’t have a bad loss. Smart is starting three freshmen and getting production from almost his entire roster, signs that this is just the start for the Golden Eagles.

UConn is 9-2 when the physical 6-foot-9 sophomore has played. He torched No. 4 Auburn for 30 points in the Huskies’ best win of the season and hammered St. John’s and Seton Hall for an average of 22 points, 17 rebounds and 4.5 blocks in his last two games. Sanogo is without a doubt a top-10 big man in the sport, a two-way force with a soft touch around the basket averaging 15.9 points, 7.8 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game. It’s still mind-boggling he wasn’t a preseason All-Big East first- or second-team selection after his strong freshman season.

The Terrapins are flirting with some ugly history. After their home loss to Rutgers on Saturday, they are just one game over .500. A losing season is very much in play for the Big Ten program. The last time that happened was 1992-93. Dark times in College Park indeed for Maryland, which moved on from Mark Turgeon in early December and has dropped four of its last five games under interim coach Danny Manning. The odds of Manning keeping his job are about as good as a Jets-Giants Super Bowl next year.

This hire seemed strong on paper. Mack reached eight NCAA Tournaments in nine years at Xavier while compiling a .689 winning percentage (215-97). But nothing has gone right at Louisville of late. He was suspended for the first six games of the season for his handling of an extortion attempt by former assistant coach Dino Gaudio. He missed the tournament last year and seems headed for a similar result this year. The Cardinals have four Quad 3 losses after Saturday’s dismal 12-point setback at Pittsburgh, a woeful NET ranking of 112, and the underwhelming ACC doesn’t offer many opportunities to boost their résumé.