Substantively, there’s not much to report on the Tide’s position in the brackets. Lunardi still projects ‘Bama to hold steady as the No. 1 overall seed in the tourney. And, honestly, why wouldn’t they? The Tide’s final three games are nasty Q1 tilts against: away at No. 22 Texas A&M, No. 30 Auburn, and No. 15 Arkansas.
Likewise, the other bracketologist I find to have much national credibility, Jerry Palm, also has the Tide as the No. 1 overall seed.
What is rather far more interesting this week is the public perception of the SEC as a basketball conference — both Palm and Lunardi project the conference to have eight teams in the 2023 tournament, with feisty physical Mississippi State making the cut among the last four in.