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Where Tennessee basketball lands in March Madness bracketology on Selection Sunday, when the 2026 NCAA Tournament bracket will be revealed.
Tennessee basketball is guaranteed a spot in the NCAA Tournament, but it may not like its seed. For weeks, the Vols (22-11) had been projected as a No. 5 seed in March Madness, but they closed the regular season with three losses in their final four games.
Star freshman Nate Ament , with an ankle injury, wasn't at full health, and he sat the last two games. Tennessee needed a strong performance in the SEC Tournament to rise in NCAA Tournament bracket projections. Instead, it bowed out after two games.
The Vols rode a 20-0 second-half run, ignited by Ament in his first game back, all the way to a 72-62 win over Auburn in the second round at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. Ament couldn't create the same magic in Tennessee's 75-68 loss to Vanderbilt in the quarterfinal round on March 13. Tennessee now awaits its March Madness seeding and opponent reveal on Selection Sunday (6 p.
m. ET, ESPN). Here's where Tennessee basketball lands in the final March Madness projections.