Alabama Crimson Tide: Latest Big Dance Bracketology

For the Alabama Crimson Tide fans counting down the days until Match Madness, Selection Sunday, the number as of Jan. 27, is 43 days. Big Dance bracket projections will include many changes, but it is not too far out for them to be interesting.

In this Alabama Crimson Tide Bracketology, only two sources are used to review seeding. They are ESPN’s Joe Lunardi and CBS Sports’ Jerry Palm. The closer we get to Selection Sunday, we’ll add some other bracketologists, who in recent years have sometimes been more accurate than Lunardi and Palm.

SEC Basketball Teams – NCAA Tournament Projections

• Alabama Crimson Tide; 1-seed by Lunardi and Palm; NET Ranking No. 3
• Tennessee Vols; 1-seed (Lunardi) and 2-seed (Palm); NET Ranking No. 2
• Auburn Tigers; 7-seed (both); NET Ranking No. 30
• Arkansas Razorbacks; 8-seed (Lunardi) and 11-seed (Palm); NET Ranking No. 26
• Missouri Tigers; 9-seed (Lunardi) and 8-seed (Palm); NET Ranking No. 53
• Kentucky Wildcats; 11-seed (Lunardi) and 10-seed (Palm); NET Ranking No. 33
• Texas A&M Aggies are in Lunardi’s First Four Out, but not Palm’s; Net Ranking No. 42
• Florida Gators are in Lunardi’s Next Four Out; NET Ranking No. 50

Below are top teams the Alabama Crimson Tide has played this season, with their projected seeds and NET rankings.

• Houston Cougars; 1-seed (Lunardi) and 2-seed (Palm); NET Ranking No. 1
• Gonzaga Bulldogs; 3-seed (both); NET Ranking No. 12
• UConn Huskies; 5-seed (both); NET Ranking No. 7
• North Carolina Tar Heels; 8-seed (Lunardi) and 6-seed (Palm); NET Ranking No. 31
• Michigan State Spartans; 6-seed (Lunardi) and 7-seed (Palm); NET Ranking No. 39
• Memphis Tigers; 10-seed (Lunardi) and 8-seed (Palm); NET Ranking No. 40
• Liberty Flames; 13-seed (both); NET Ranking No. 46

Based on the current bracket projections, the Alabama Crimson Tide has or will have played 14 NCAA Tournament teams in 16 regular season games.

Alabama Crimson Tide National Championship Chances

It is almost dizzying, but not crazy to discuss Alabama and legitimate National Championship chances. Check out some interesting data in the tweet below.

After looking at Ken Pomeroy’s always-important, current calculations, there are now 10 teams that reach the recent history standard for a National Championship team. They are the Alabama Crimson Tide and (in no certain order) Purdue, Houston, UConn, Virginia, UCLA, Creighton, Kansas, St. Mary’s and Tennessee.

Who will win it all?

One source providing National Championship odds for every Division One team is Team Rankings. Based on their algorithm, 28 teams have at least a 1% chance to become the next college basketball National Champion. Only four teams have a higher chance than 4%. They are UCLA at 6%, Houston at 12%, Tennessee at 19%, and the Alabama Crimson Tide at 12%.

As Selection Day gets closer Bama Hammer will update Crimson Tide Bracketology with increasing regularity.