Alabama Crimson Tide's NCAA Tournament Seeding Revealed

0:00On March 15, Selection Sunday has arrived for the NCAA men's basketball tournament. Alabama's Crimson Tide will find out their seed, region, and opening match-up at 5 p.m. central time on CBS. They wrap the regular season at 23 wins and 8 losses with a solid 13 and 5 mark in SEC play. As the number 2 seed in the conference tournament, Alabama earned a double buy but stumbled in the quarter finals. They fell to 15th seeded Ole Miss by a score of 80-79 on Friday night. That upset hasn't tanked their tournament hopes though, with projections still placing them as a 3 or 5 seed. Bracket experts are buzzing with mostly optimistic takes. Sports illustrated seeds them as a 3 seed in the West, while ESPN, CBS, and Jerry Palm peg them around a 4 seed split between West and East. Regions. USA Today in Fox Sports project a 5 seed in the East. Those mock brackets have Alabama facing lower seeds, like 14 seed Idaho or 13 seed North Dakota State in the first round.

1:02Potential second round foes include teams such as Wisconsin or Texas Tech, with early games in spots like Portland or Philadelphia. Fans and players alike are geared up as the real bracket drops tonight, setting the stage for another deep Crimson Tide run.