Vanderbilt women's basketball helped its March Madness seeding with a second win over Tennessee in the SEC tournament. The Commodores (22-10) beat the Vols in the second round before falling to eventual tournament champion South Carolina in the quarterfinals.

Vanderbilt is playing with house money in its own backyard as the Commodores are on the right side of the bubble and firmly in the NCAA Tournament field looking to return to the d

This is unlikely to push Vanderbilt out of the NCAA Tournament completely. But the Commodores haven't looked in the last two games like a team that could put a scare into top seeds in March, and the problem becomes magnified if MJ Collins and Grant Huffman, who missed Saturday's game with injury, can't return soon.

Vanderbilt basketball lost to Arkansas, 90-77, in its home finale Tuesday at Memorial Gymnasium. The loss falls in Quadrant 2 for Vanderbilt, as the Razorbacks are ranked No. 47 in the NET. It's the Commodores' second loss outside Quadrant 1 this season.

Here's what's at stake for Vanderbilt basketball in the SEC tournament, including impacts on the March Madness bracket.

Vanderbilt basketball may have secured a spot in the NCAA tournament with its 86-84 win at No. 11 Texas A&M on Wednesday. In a bracketology update posted on X, formerly Twitter, on Wednesday morning,