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Too soon to talk about the Big Dance?
by SportsEd
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It’s too early to get excited, but CBSsports.com contributor Jerry Palm projects that both Mississippi State and Ole Miss will reach the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.

Southern Miss, meanwhile, would be the first team to miss the field of 68.

Palm has MSU as a No. 6 seed and Ole Miss as a No. 9 seed in the South Region. The Bulldogs and Rebels couldn’t meet until the regional finals.

Palm sees Kentucky, Ohio State, Duke and Syracuse as the top seeds in the four regions.

In his early crunch of the Ratings Percentage Index numbers, Ole Miss is No. 11 in Palm’s RPI, with Mississippi State No. 67.

Other SEC teams that Palm projects into the field: Alabama (No. 4 seed), Florida (No. 7) and Vanderbilt (No. 11). Both future SEC members make the field – Missouri (No. 3 seed) and Texas A&M (No. 8). 

He has Memphis as a No. 6 seed, Jackson State as a No. 16.

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MidTennDog
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December 13, 2011
If State beats Baylor in a week or so, Palm might want to move that up to a 3 or 4 seed. There would be no reason to think they would go any less than 11-5 in SEC play.

Palm should also know that Vandy has struggled early... and by that I mean lose close games to ranked opponents... because center Festus Ezeli has been out. He's now back which will take pressure off of Jenkins and Taylor. In another words, they will get back to their preseason ranking and be much higher than an 11 seed.
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