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The Alabama Crimson Tide learned their NCAA Tournament seed and first-round opponent in March Madness on Selection Sunday.
The Crimson Tide (23-9 overall) are the No. 4 seed in the Midwest Region and will face the Hofstra Pride (24-10) in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday in Tampa, Florida.
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After a disappointing showing in the SEC Tournament, Alabama cost itself a shot at a higher seed. as well as a few spots in this week’s new USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll.
In the new poll, the Crimson Tide fell three spots to No. 18 after its 80-79 upset loss to Ole Miss. The Tide are ranked one spot below the Kansas Jayhawks and one spot ahead of Texas Tech.
Nate Oats’ team is now the fourth highest-ranked SEC team in the top 25. SEC Tournament champion Arkansas (26-8) moved up two spots to No. 15, and runner-up Vanderbilt (26-8) jumped six spots overall to No. 16.
The Florida Gators (26-7) remained the highest-ranked SEC team at No. 4. Duke stayed atop the poll at No. 1, followed by Arizona at No. 2 and Michigan at No. 3. All four teams were awarded No. 1 seeds in Sunday’s NCAA Tournament bracket reveal.
USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll top 25 entering NCAA Tournament
Rank
Team
Record
PTS
1st
Prev
Chg
Hi/Lo
1
Duke Blue Devils
32-2
770
26
1
–
1/6
2
Arizona Wildcats
32-2
744
5
2
–
1/13
3
Michigan Wolverines
31-3
718
0
3
–
1/7
4
Florida Gators
26-7
656
0
4
–
3/NR
5
Houston Cougars
28-6
653
0
5
–
2/8
6
Iowa State Cyclones
27-7
586
0
7
1
2/18
7
UConn Huskies
29-5
570
0
6
1
3/7
8
Virginia Cavaliers
29-5
531
0
11
3
8/NR
9
St. John’s Red Storm
28-6
514
0
13
4
6/NR
10
Gonzaga Bulldogs
30-3
470
0
12
2
5/20
11
Michigan State Spartans
25-7
450
0
8
3
8/21
12
Illinois Fighting Illini
24-8
437
0
9
3
6/19
13
Purdue Boilermakers
27-8
416
0
18
5
1/18
14
Nebraska Cornhuskers
26-6
395
0
10
4
5/NR
15
Arkansas Razorbacks
26-8
381
0
17
2
14/23
16
Vanderbilt Commodores
26-8
316
0
22
6
8/NR
17
Kansas Jayhawks
23-10
242
0
16
1
9/NR
18
Alabama Crimson Tide
23-9
239
0
15
3
9/NR
19
Texas Tech Red Raiders
22-10
228
0
14
5
10/20
20
Wisconsin Badgers
24-10
189
0
23
3
20/NR
21
North Carolina Tar Heels
24-8
149
0
19
2
12/25
22
Saint Mary’s Gaels
27-5
103
0
21
1
21/NR
23
Miami…
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