March Madness 2016: Overrated/underrated teams

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Mar 13, 2016; Nashville, TN, USA; Texas A&M Aggies guard Danuel House (23) celebrates after a play with guard Anthony Collins (11) during second half of the championship game against Kentucky Wildcats of the SEC tournament at Bridgestone Arena. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports /

3. Texas A&M Aggies (26-7)

Seed: 3

vs. RPI 51-100 teams: 9-6

The SEC was one of the worst conferences in America this season. A team that finished 24-8 is usually a lock to get in the NCAA Tournament, but the selection committee took into consideration how weak the SEC was in 2015-16 and left the surprising South Carolina Gamecocks out.

Three teams from the Southeastern Conference did make it in, however, and the Texas A&M Aggies were one while the other two were comprised of Kentucky and play-in competitor Vanderbilt — the latter isn’t technically in the field of 64 yet.

With the weak conference comes weak wins and an overall poor schedule. Texas A&M was probably the best regular season team from the SEC, but finished just 26-7 after a rough stretch near the end of the year. Texas A&M’s strength of schedule ranked just 77th and the Aggies played just five games against RPI top 50 teams, winning each one.

Texas A&M did not beat a single team that earned a seed higher than four in the NCAA Tournament this season and the Aggies have bad losses to LSU, Arkansas, Alabama and Arizona State.

Not much was proven by the Aggies even though they were SEC regular season champs, but they lost the conference title game to Kentucky — and somehow earned a higher seed.

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