Another Top 25 win on the road for Alabama basketball means another move in the seeding projections for the NCAA Tournament.
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Another Top 25 win on the road for
Alabama basketball means another week of moving up in the seeding projections for the NCAA Tournament.
Despite its No. 4 ranking in the polls, the
Crimson Tide came into Starkville as the underdog before fighting for an 88-84 win over No. 13 Mississippi State.
Duke fell from the No. 2 overall seed in the latest edition of Joe Lunardi's "Bracketology" report for ESPN after shaky wins against NC State and Wake Forest. The Blue Devils' move to No. 3 overall made room for Alabama (18-3, 7-1 SEC) to take over as No. 2, chasing down No. 1 Auburn.
As it stands, Alabama is the No. 1 seed for the Midwest region, which includes second-seed and No. 8 overall Marquette, third-seed and No. 9 Purdue and No. 16 Wisconsin as the fourth-seed.
Where is Alabama basketball in latest bracket projections after Mississippi State?
In the South region, Auburn is seeded first above No. 2 seed and sixth-ranked Houston, No. 3 seed and 10th overall Kentucky, with No. 14 overall Oregon as the No. 4 seed.
Prior to its one-seed projection following Kentucky, Alabama was the two-seed of the Midwest region behind one-seed Iowa State, which has since moved to the No. 1 seed of the West region.