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The college basketball calendar is now just under four weeks until Selection Sunday, where college basketball fans around the country find out which 68 teams will compete for the National Championship in the NCAA Tournament.
One of those teams that is certain to be in barring something incredibly unforeseen is the No. 19 Vanderbilt Commodores. Vanderbilt enters the final six-game stretch of the conference play and the regular season at 21-4, but has a tough stretch to end the season.
The Commodores have two dates with in-state rival Tennessee and road games against Missouri, Kentucky and Ole Miss with its final home game of the season coming against Georgia Feb. 25. It is essentially a guarantee Vanderbilt is going to be in the 68-team bracket, but the question is what seed it will be.
On Monday, CBS Sports released its latest March Madness bracket projection after another entertaining week of basketball. In the projection, the outlet has Vanderbilt as a No. 4 seed taking on No. 13 seed UNC Wilmington.
A No. 4 seed seems like the most likely outcome for Vanderbilt as of right now. The Commodores have hovered around the 15-19 spot in the AP Top 25 poll for about the past month, which is right around the 4-seed line or possibly the 5-seed line. However, it does have the metrics such as being No. 13 in the NET rankings to be rated solidly as a No. 4 seed.
With some tough games ahead to end the season in addition to the SEC Tournament, Vanderbilt does have the opportunity to boost its resume and become a No. 3 seed if it takes advantage of the road ahead.
200 days
Vanderbilt lacrosse lost to Stanford 18-6.
Vanderbilt women’s golf finished in fifth place at the Alice and John Wallace Classic.
Vanderbilt baseball vs. Eastern Michigan, 4:30 p.m. CT on ESPN+.
Vanderbilt swimming at the SEC Championships, Day 1.
No. 3 Vanderbilt men’s golf at the Watersound Invitational, Day 2.
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Graham Baakko is a writer for Vanderbilt Commodores On SI, primarily covering football, basketball and baseball. Graham is a recent graduate from the University of Alabama, where he wrote for The Crimson White, WVUA-FM, WVUA 23 as he covered a variety of Crimson Tide sports. He also covered South Carolina athletics as a sportswriting intern for GamecockCentral.
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