The SEC breaks the NCAA tournament record with 14 teams
03/16/2025
By Chris Marler
After five months of prognosticating and five frantic days of updates for Cinderella teams on the bubble, it turns out that Joe Lunardi was wrong all along.
Saturday and Sunday’s projections had Texas being one of the last four teams out of the tournament. However, at 6 PM ET, the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee told the Longhorns to get their glass slippers out of the trash and book flights for Dayton.
📍 THEY’RE IN.
No. 11 Texas vs. No. 11 Xavier
Wed., March 19 • Dayton (Midwest Region)@MarchMadnessMBB x #ItJustMeansMore pic.twitter.com/SXrtmV9QhE— Southeastern Conference (@SEC) March 16, 2025
With Texas earning a No. 11 Seed the SEC officially landed 14 teams in this year’s NCAA Tournament. Not only did they set a new record, they smashed the previous record of 11 set by the Big East in 2011.
Here’s a look at the 14 SEC teams that made this year’s NCAA Tournament.
- Auburn – 1 Seed
- Florida – 1 seed
- Tennessee – 2 Seed
- Alabama – 2 Seed
- Kentucky – 3 seed
- Texas A&M – 4 seed
- Ole Miss – 6 Seed
- Missouri – 6 seed
- Mississippi St – 8 seed
- Oklahoma – 9 Seed
- Georgia – 9 Seed
- Vanderbilt – 10 Seed
- Arkansas – 10 seed
- Texas – 11 Seed