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NCAA Selection Sunday preview for Vols: Start time, live stream, TV info

By Caleb Calhoun

SALT LAKE CITY, UT - MARCH 18: A view of the NCAA logos prior to the game between the Gonzaga Bulldogs and the Northwestern Wildcats during the second round of the 2017 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Vivint Smart Home Arena on March 18, 2017 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Gene Sweeney Jr./Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY, UT - MARCH 18: A view of the NCAA logos prior to the game between the Gonzaga Bulldogs and the Northwestern Wildcats during the second round of the 2017 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Vivint Smart Home Arena on March 18, 2017 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Gene Sweeney Jr./Getty Images) /
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The Tennessee Volunteers will learn where they will go for March Madness on NCAA Selection Sunday for the tournament. Here is the preview for it.

After coming up just short against the Kentucky Wildcats in the SEC Tournament championship, Tennessee basketball enters NCAA Selection Sunday with a bittersweet taste. The Vols should be thrilled about being there. But they could have had more.

Going into Sunday, Rick Barnes’s team was in the Top 10 of the RPI. They would have almost certainly been a two-seed had they beaten the Wildcats to win the tournament.

However, as it stands, they are likely looking at a three-seed now. It’s still much better than anybody thought at the beginning of the season, though.

Either way, they’ll be a pretty high seed. Before we break down what they’re looking at, here’s everything you need to know about the the NCAA Selection Sunday show.

NCAA Selection Sunday

When: Sunday, March 11 at 6 p.m. E.T.

TV: TBS

Live stream: NCAA March Madness Live 

Almost all bracketology experts had the Vols coming into Sunday as a No. 3 seed in the tournament, and they averaged even closer to a 2-seed as opposed to a 4-seed on BracketMatrix.

With the No. 8 ranking in the RPI to start the day and a 25-8 record but Top 25 strength of schedule after losing to the Kentucky Wildcats, the Vols are still flirting with that 2-seed as well. It certainly makes things interesting for Barnes’s squad.

For them, it will matter where they are playing as much as whom they are playing. Tennessee has a great chance for a close-to-home draw, which could easily get this team to the second weekend.

The last time they made the tournament, in 2014, Cuonzo Martin was head coach, and they made the Sweet Sixteen. That team was one bad charging call away from a potential Elite Eight as well.

However, they backed in that year. This year, they are a lock to get in. The only question is where they are going and what their road looks like. We’ll find all that out about this team when the NCAA Selection Sunday tournament show begins.

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