NCAA Selection Sunday 2022 for Tennessee Vols: Live stream, start time, TV info
For the fourth time in his eight seasons on the job, Rick Barnes will be leading Tennessee basketball into the NCAA Tournament. This time, though, the Vols get to watch the NCAA Tournament Selection Sunday show with an automatic bid, the first time since 1979 they have earned one.
Rocky Top beat the Texas A&M Aggies to win the SEC Tournament Championship earlier in the day. After finishing the regular season 14-4 in league play, winning that game improved them to 26-7. They got two extra decent wins this weekend over A&M and the Mississippi State Bulldogs.
Between them, they beat the No. 5 ranked Kentucky Wildcats, their fourth top five win this year. Combine it with them finishing No. 2 in the SEC regular season winning the tournament, and they deserve respect. Here is all the information you need for the selection show, which will reveal the 68-team NCAA Tournament field.
NCAA Selection Sunday
When: Sunday, March 13 at 6 p.m. ET
TV: CBS
Live stream: NCAA March Madness Live; Paramount+
In terms of the rankings, Tennessee basketball is No. 9 in the AP Poll and No. 11 in the Coaches Poll. However, those polls came out last Monday, before the Vols won the SEC Tournament Championship with three more wins.
Before Sunday, they were up to No. 6 in the RealTime RPI thanks to the No. 4 ranked strength of schedule, and No. 5 in the ESPN BPI thanks to the No. 3 ranked strength of schedule and No. 4 ranked strength of record. Most importantly, the Vols were No. 8 in the NCAA NET rankings.
Only the Kansas Jayhawks had more Quadrant 1 wins than the Vols entering the day, although two other teams had as many. Rocky Top also has no bad losses, as they are undefeated this year in Quadrant 2, Quadrant 3 and Quadrant 4 games.
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Taking all of this into account, Selection Sunday should reveal that Barnes’ team is at least a No. 2 seed and potentially a No. 1 seed. However, the Vols could be as low as a No. 3 seed if recent games aren’t taken into consideration, and that would be an issue. Either way, they enter March Madness SEC Tournament Champions.