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Vanderbilt was given a No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament despite a 26-8 record and finishing as runner-up in the SEC Tournament.
ANDREW NELLES / THE TENNESSEAN / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images NCAA analyst claims Vanderbilt got screwed on Selection Sunday appeared first on ClutchPoints . Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here . As in the past years, Selection Sunday for the NCAA Tournament brought several surprises .
But that’s also what makes March Madness perpetually interesting, although the teams that didn’t earn a berth this year might vehemently disagree. One of the teams that made it was Vanderbilt. It was named the fifth seed in the South Regional, with coach Mark Byington already expressing his displeasure .
They will face McNeese, which earned the 12th seed. Vanderbilt finished with a 26-8 record, including 11-7 in the SEC. For NCAA analyst Matt Norlander, the Commodores were handed the short end of the stick .
“Vanderbilt got screwed more than any other five-seed. At worst, it should’ve been a four. You could make a case that it could’ve been a three, and it gets a McNeese team that brought back pieces from a year ago that won an NCAA Tournament game.