ESPN drops Tennessee to No. 6 seed in March Madness update
Tennessee basketball’s loss to Vanderbilt in the SEC Tournament quarterfinals on Friday, paired with Wisconsin’s win over Illinois in the Big Tournament quarterfinals, dropped the Vols to a No. 6 seed in the most recent ESPN Bracketology update from Joe Lunardi Friday night time.
Wisconsin changed Tennessee as the ultimate crew on the No. 5-seed line in Lunardi’s update on social media.
ESPN’s bracket projection earlier Friday night time had Tennessee because the No. 5 seed in the West Region (San Jose) taking part in towards No. 12 Yale in the primary spherical in San Diego, reverse of No. 4 Virginia and No. 13 Utah Valley.
Vanderbilt moved up to the ultimate No. 4 seed with the win over Tennessee, dropping Texas Tech to a No. 5 seed.
The websites for the primary and second rounds of this 12 months’s NCAA Tournament are Greenville, SC, Oklahoma City, Portland, Tampa, Philadelphia, San Diego and St. Louis. The regional websites are Houston (South Region), San Jose, Calif. (West Region), Chicago (Midwest Region) and Washington DC (East Region).
The Fina Four can be held at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
Vols ranked No. 15 in KenPom, No. 20 in NET
Tennessee dropped two spots to No. 14 general in the KenPom.com rankings after the loss to Vanderbilt. The Vols are No. 15 in adjusted defensive effectivity (95.2) and No. 35 in adjusted offensive effectivity (121.2).
Tennessee is No. 15 in the BartTorvik.com rankings whereas ranked No. 14 on protection and No. 33 on offense. EvanMiya.com has the Vols at No. 13 general, ranked No. 14 on protection and No. 30 on offense.
Entering Saturday, the NET had Tennessee at No. 19 after dropping the Vols as little as No. 36 earlier this season. The Vols began at No. 13 in the primary NET rankings update of the season.
| Quad 1:6-10 | Quad 2: 7-1 | Quad 3: 2-0 | Quad 4: 7-0 |
| Houston (W) | Texas (W) | Rutgers (W) | Northern Ky. (W) |
| Louisville (W) | Texas A&M (W) | Ole Miss (W) | North Fla. (W) |
| Alabama (W) | Auburn (W) | Rice (W) | |
| Georgia (W) | at Miss. State (W) | Tenn. St. (W) | |
| Vanderbilt (W) | LSU (W) | Gardner-Webb (W) | |
| Auburn (W) | Oklahoma (W) | South Car. St. (W) | |
| Illinois (L) | South Carolina (W) | Mercer (W) | |
| Arkansas (L) | at Syracuse (L) | ||
| Florida (L) | |||
| Kansas (L) | |||
| Kentucky (L) | |||
| at Kentucky (L) | |||
| Missouri (L) | |||
| Alabama (L) | |||
| Vanderbilt (L) | |||
| Vanderbilt (L) |
Tennessee’s NCAA Tournament historical past below Rick Barnes
Tennessee has by no means been seeded decrease than No. 5 in the course of the Rick Barnes was. The fifth-seeded Tennessee crew was upset by No. 12 Oregon State in the primary spherical of the 2021 NCAA Tournament.
The Vols are coming off back-to-back Elite Eight appearances as No. 2 seeds and have been a No. 4 seed that superior to the Sweet 16 in 2023. Tennessee misplaced as a No. 3 seed in 2022 to No. 11-seed Michigan and misplaced as a No. 3 seed in 2018 to No. 11 Loyola Chicago.
The 2018-19 crew was a No. 2 seed earlier than shedding to No. 3 Purdue in extra time in the Sweet 16.
