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College basketball rankings: Gonzaga No. 1, Tennessee jumps into top five of final Top 25 And 1 of season

College basketball rankings: Gonzaga No. 1, Tennessee jumps into top five of final Top 25 And 1 of season

This is the final update of the season of the CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 daily college basketball rankings. (Thank God.) The first thing you might notice is that Tennessee finished fifth in the Top 25 And 1, which underlines just how badly the Vols were mis-seeded by the NCAA Tournament selection committee on Sunday.

A 3 seed?

As I explained on Sunday night’s episode of the Eye On College Basketball Podcast, there is no way to intelligently defend not having the Vols as a No. 2 seed. Moreover, it would’ve been more reasonable to make Tennessee the fourth No. 1 seed than to make Tennessee a No. 3 seed given that the Vols have 11 Quadrant 1 wins — which ties it with Kansas for most in the nation — and zero losses outside of the first quadrant. If…

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