The Tennessee Volunteers finished with a 26-7 overall record and won the SEC tournament. It looked like Rick Barnes’s squad had played themselves onto the two-line in the NCAA Tournament bracket, especially after Duke fell to Virginia Tech in the ACC title game.
Instead, the Vols heard their name called as the No. 3 seed in the South Region. They’ll face 14-seed Longwood, but it was kind of shocking to a lot of people that Tennessee didn’t get the nod as a two.
Tennessee is the No. 7 team on KenPom, ahead of both Villanova and Duke (who each earned two-seeds). The Vols had a ridiculous 11-7 Quad 1 record, compared to 7-6 for the Wildcats and 6-2 for the Blue Devils.
Expectedly, the internet had thoughts about this committee misstep.
