2023 NCAA Tournament: Projecting how far each SEC team will advance

2023 NCAA Tournament: Projecting how far each SEC basketball team will advance

The 2022-23 NCAA men’s basketball regular-season and conference tournaments have concluded.

The NCAA Tournament field of 68 teams is set.

The tournament begins Tuesday and Wednesday with First Four contests in Dayton, Ohio.

The first and second rounds will be contested March 16-19. Sweet 16 and Elite Eight contests will take place March 23-26.

The Final Four will be held April 1-3 at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas.

The SEC and Big 10 each had eight teams qualify for the tournament field. The Big 12 has seven teams, while the Big East and ACC will be represented by five schools.

The Pac-12 and Mountain West each have four teams, while the West Coast Conference and American Athletic Conference will be represented by two teams apiece.

Teams from the SEC in the NCAA Tournament field include Mississippi State (First Four); Kentucky (No. 6 seed); Tennessee (No. 4 seed); Alabama (No. 1 overall seed); Texas A&M  (No. 7 seed); Missouri (No. 7 seed); Auburn (No. 9 seed) and Arkansas (No. 8 seed).

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Vols Wire projects how each SEC team will fare in the NCAA Tournament.

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Tennessee’s basketball history as a No. 4 seed in NCAA Tournament

A look at Tennessee’s basketball history as a No. 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

No. 4 seed Tennessee (23-10, 11-7 SEC) will play No. 13 seed Louisiana (26-7, 13-5 Sun Belt) in Orlando, Florida on Thursday.

The winner of the Tennessee-Louisiana matchup will advance to play the winner between No. 5 Duke and No. 12 Oral Roberts.

Louisiana won the Sun Belt Conference championship this season. Tennessee enters the NCAA Tournament after being eliminated by Missouri in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament.

The Vols will make their 25th all-time NCAA Tournament appearance. Tennessee earned a No. 4 seed for the fourth time in program history.

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Vols Wire looks at previous years the Vols entered the NCAA Tournament as a No. 4 seed.

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