Joe Lunardi is projecting a remarkable 13 SEC teams to make the men’s basketball NCAA Tournament later this spring.
The famed ESPN bracketologist released his updated projections on Wednesday morning. In addition to 13 SEC teams overall in the 68-team field, Lunardi has the SEC earning 2 No. 1 seeds. He’s also projecting 6 SEC teams to earn spots on the top 3 seed lines.
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Auburn is Lunardi’s projected No. 1 overall seed while Tennessee, No. 1 in the AP Poll this week, stayed on the top line even after its blowout loss to Florida on Tuesday night.
As for the bubble, Lunardi has Vanderbilt and Mizzou amongst his last 4 teams in the field. However, there’s potentially room for a 14th SEC team — Texas is amongst Lunardi’s “first four out” at this juncture.
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— Joe Lunardi (@ESPNLunardi) January 8, 2025The only 2 SEC teams to not make Joe Lunardi’s projected field or the bubble are South Carolina and LSU. There’s still a long way to go, but the SEC appears to be in position to shatter the previous record for most bids from one conference to reach the NCAA Tournament. That record is 11, which was accomplished by the Big East back in 2011.
Each year, a total of 32 bids into the Big Dance are awarded to conference champions. That means there’s 36 bids available for at-large teams. If the SEC gets to 12 at-large bids, it would mean the league would have earned at least one-third of the available at-large berths.
The SEC’s season will continue with 3 games on Wednesday evening: Alabama at South Carolina, Ole Miss at Arkansas and Texas A&M at Oklahoma.
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