Where Tennessee Basketball is ranked after the win over Alabama
Tennessee Basketball moved up one spot to No. 4 in both the The Associated Press Top 25 and the Coaches Poll on Monday, following the 79-76 win over Alabama on Saturday at Food City Center.
The Vols (24-5, 11-5 SEC) used a 35-foot buzzer-beater from Jahmai Mashack to beat Alabama at the horn in front of an over-capacity crowd of 22,392.
Tennessee needs one win this week to clinch a top-four finish in the SEC standings and get a double-bye in next week’s SEC Tournament.
The final week of the regular season starts with a road game at Ole Miss (20-9, 9-7) on Wednesday, a 9 p.m. Eastern Time start on ESPN at The Pavilion at Ole Miss in Oxford. Tennessee hosts South Carolina (12-17, 2-14) Saturday on Senior Day in Knoxville.
Tennessee moves back up to a No. 1 seed in ESPN Bracketology
Joe Lunardi on Sunday moved Tennessee back up to the fourth No. 1 seed in his latest ESPN Bracketology update. Auburn, Duke and Houston are the top three No. 1 seeds, while Alabama dropped to the top No. 2 seed. Florida is the No. 6 overall seed.
Lunardi now has Tennessee as the No. 1 seed in the West Region, paired with No. 2 Iowa State, No. 3 Wisconsin and No. 4 Texas A&M. Alabama dropped to the No. 5 seed in the Midwest, with No. 1 Houston, No. 3 Michigan and No. 4 Kentucky.
Auburn is the No. 1 in the South, with No. 2 Michigan State, No. 3 St. John’s and No. 4 Arizona. Duke is the No. 1 in the East, with No. 2 Florida, No. 3 Texas Tech and No. 4 Purdue.
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Vols are No. 5 in NET ranking, KenPom.com ratings
Tennessee dropped one spot in the NET rankings after Saturday’s games, moving down to No. 5 while Florida moved back up to No. 4. The Gators beat Texas A&M Saturday in Gainesville.
The Vols are now 10-5 in Quad 1 games, 4-0 in Quad 2, 4-0 in Quad 3 and 6-0 in Quad 4. Florida is 6-4 in Quad 1, 9-0 in Quad 2, 4-0 in Quad 3 and 6-0 in Quad 4.
Tennessee’s 10 Quad 1 wins are tied for the second most in the country. Auburn is 16-2 in Quad 1 games and Alabama is now 10-6. No other team has more than nine.
The road game at Ole Miss is another Quad 1 opportunity, while South Carolina is a Quad 3 game.
The Vols stayed at No. 5 in the KenPom.com ratings, staying No. 1 in adjusted defensive efficiency, giving up 87.1 points per 100 possessions, and dropping three spots to No. 27 in adjusted offensive efficiency, scoring 118.4 points per 100 possessions.
