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College Basketball Fans React to Tennessee Getting a No. 3 Seed

After the NCAA tournament bracket was revealed, some were surprised that Texas A&M didn’t make the field after a strong week in the SEC tournament, but much of the buzz surrounded the team that beat the Aggies in the conference title game—Tennessee.

The Volunteers were expected by many to end up as a No. 2 seed in Sunday’s bracket reveal, but instead ended up as a No. 3 seed. What complicated matters even more for fans and media alike was the fact that Duke, who lost to Virginia Tech in the ACC championship on Saturday night, was slotted as a No.