The Alabama Crimson Tide’s 3-0 start in SEC play, which included an impressive 94-88 victory on the road over a Top 10 Texas A&M Aggies team last Saturday night, has Nate Oats’ team in line for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
That’s according to ESPN’s Joe Lunardi, who updated his latest Bracketology rankings Tuesday and moved Alabama to a No. 1 seed over Tennessee. The Volunteers suffered a 30-point drubbing at the hands of the Florida Gators last week in Gainesville.
Alabama was projected as the No. 1 seed of the Midwest Region and the No. 4 overall seed. Lunardi awarded the other three No. 1 seeds to Auburn, Duke, and Iowa State. Those three teams take up the top three spots in the latest AP Top 25 poll, with Alabama at No. 4.
CBS Sports’ Jerry Palm agrees with Lunardi. In Palm’s updated bracket predictions, he has Alabama as a No. 1 seed in the West Region. Palm puts the Crimson Tide in line for a matchup against UCLA or Clemson in the No. 8 vs. 9 seed game.
In both Palm and Lunardi’s outlook, the SEC led the way with the most NCAA Tournament bids per conference with 11.
Alabama (14-2 overall) takes on Ole Miss (14-2) Tuesday at Coleman Coliseum at 6 p.m. CT. The game will be televised on ESPNU.
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