Alabama basketball had a chance to play their way back into a 1-seed in the SEC Tournament. Following their blowout win over Kentucky in the quarterfinals, Joe Lunardi billed the Tide's matchup with Florida as a game that would determine the fourth and final No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
Turns out, that matchup was a mismatch. Florida humbled Alabama for the second time in 10 days and ended the Tide's hopes of a 1-seed with a 104-82 rout of Nate Oats' team. Alabama will enter the NCAA Tournament with a 25-8 record and seem to be locked into a 2-seed.
All that's left on Selection Sunday is determining which region the Crimson Tide ends up in and what the path to a second straight deep NCAA Tournament run might look like.
Alabama's most likely NCAA Tournament placement
Coming into Saturday's matchup with Florida, Alabama was the top-ranked No. 2 seed in Joe Lunardi's Bracketology and No. 5 overall. Alabama is likely to end up No. 5 or No. 6 overall with Tennessee potentially bumping the Tide down a spot off the strength of their win over Auburn in the semifinals of the SEC Tournament.
Alabama will likely head to the East or Midwest regions with Duke or Houston as the 1-seeds. Duke is likely to be the No. 1 in the East with Houston taking that distinction in the Midwest. The main difference will be where the opening round locations will take place.
The Midwest would give Alabama slightly more favorable draw with the first two rounds taking place in Lexington, Kentucky. The East region would have Alabama start the NCAA Tournament in Cleveland, Ohio instead.
Duke would be a more difficult draw as a 1-seed than Houston, assuming Cooper Flagg is healthy for the tournament, but both are elite teams and would be incredibly difficult matchups in the Elite Eight if Alabama is fortunate enough to make it that far.
Selection Sunday gets started on Sunday at 5 PM CT live on CBS.