NCAA Tournament March Madness

#19 Tennessee

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Projected seed: 5

Tennessee’s résumé fits its projected position because a stingy defense and a neutral-site signature win over Houston are balanced by both resume-boosting road victories at Alabama and Georgia and damaging defeats against elite opposition such as Kansas, Illinois and Florida, so the committee sees a team capable of beating good opponents away from home but also susceptible in major tests. Eye-catching home wins over Louisville and Texas add quality, yet a nonconference slate full of comfortable blowouts does little to move the needle, and those blemishes leave the picture imperfect. With a stretch of games that includes a home showdown with Alabama, road trips to Vanderbilt and Missouri and meetings with LSU and Oklahoma still to come, Tennessee has clear opportunities to climb or fall, which is why its current placement looks appropriate.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Mercer162W76-61
11/8N Kentucky190W95-56
11/12North Florida335W99-66
11/17Rice230W91-66
11/20Tennessee St255W89-60
11/24(N)Rutgers160W85-60
11/25(N)Houston4W76-73
11/26(N)Kansas14L81-76
12/2@Syracuse67L62-60
12/6(N)Illinois6L75-62
12/16Louisville15W83-62
12/21Gardner Webb363W94-52
12/30S Carolina St358W105-54
1/3@Arkansas18L86-75
1/6Texas34W85-71
1/10@Florida5L91-67
1/13Texas A&M36W87-82
1/17Kentucky28L80-78
1/24@Alabama16W79-73
1/28@Georgia39W86-85
1/31Auburn31W77-69
2/3Mississippi71W84-66
2/7@Kentucky28L74-71
2/11@Mississippi St91W73-64
2/14LSU5485%
2/17Oklahoma5786%
2/18Oklahoma5786%
2/21@Vanderbilt1133%
2/24@Missouri5365%
2/28Alabama1661%
3/3@South Carolina9880%
3/7Vanderbilt1155%