LEXINGTON, Ky. — Brackets are locked.
Everyone who made picks on ESPN's bracket challenge can no longer make changes, which means we have the data for what the majority of people have picked.
Here's where the public has 2-seed Tennessee.
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Average finish
The public isn't worried about Tennessee getting upset by 15-seed Wofford. 96% of brackets have the Vols winning their opening game. This is tied with Alabama for the highest percentage of picks for a 2-seed in its opening game.
The next round is commonly picked to be against 7-seed UCLA. 68% of people have the Bruins downing 10-seed Utah State. In that matchup, 88% of people have Tennessee advancing to the Sweet 16.
The Sweet 16 is most commonly picked to be between the Vols and 3-seed Kentucky. While the Wildcats have already beat Tennessee twice this year, the public seemingly doesn't think a third win is likely. 71% of brackets with that matchup have the Vols dancing to their third-ever Elite Eight.
For a trip to the Final Four, the most common matchup is between Tennessee and 1-seed Houston. This gets narrow on who people think will win, with 59% of people picking the Cougars.
To win the title
Tennessee is in the handful of top teams predicted to win the title. The Vols are the seventh most popular pick on ESPN to win the championship with 4.2% of brackets having them cut down the nets.
The most common pick is Duke. The Blue Devils are the last team standing in 25% of all brackets filled out on ESPN. The next highest are the other one seeds of Florida at 21.3%, Auburn at 10.6% and Houston 8.9%.
The most popular two seed is St. John's at 4.8%. Michigan State also edges Tennessee with 4.5% of picks.
Other SEC teams come in with 2-seed Alabama at 3.8%, 3-seed Kentucky at 1.7%, 4-seed Texas A&M at 0.5%, 6-seed Ole Miss at 0.2%, 6-seed Missouri at 0.2%, 10-seed Arkansas at 0.2%, Georgia at 0.2%, 9-seed Oklahoma at 0.1%, 8-seed Mississippi State at 0.1% and 10-seed Vanderbilt at 0.1%.
Vegas odds
Vegas (ESPNBet) has similar odds to what the people think but it is a little different.
Tennessee has the sixth-best odds to win the title at 22-1. This is behind the quartet of one seeds and 2-seed Alabama.
To make it to the title game, the Vols have +900 odds. To notch a spot in their first Final Four, the odds sit at +350.
To return to the Elite Eight, Vegas has set Tennessee's odds at +120. A trip to the Sweet 16 is settled at -275.
Simply surviving the clash with Wofford to get things started has the Vols at -4000. The spread has settled at 18.5 points.
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