The Tennessee Vols learned on Sunday evening that they'll be a No. 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament. 

Tennessee will take on No. 13 seed Louisiana in the first round. A potential matchup with Duke, the newly crowned ACC Tournament champions, potentially awaits in the second round (Duke plays Oral Roberts in a classic No. 5 vs No. 12 game in the first round). 

Before worrying about Duke, the Vols first have to get past the Ragin' Cajuns.

CBS Sports' Clark Kellogg and Seth Davis gave Tennessee plenty of bulletin board material for the matchup against Louisiana. 

During the bracket reveal on Sunday, Kellogg and Davis both picked Louisiana to upset the Vols in the first round. 

"The upset pick here is Louisiana over Tennessee," said Davis during the broadcast. "Tennessee [is] overseeded because of their record, but they don't have their point guard, Zakai Zeigler (out with a torn ACL). Louisiana wins that game."

"I like that," added Kellogg. "They (Louisiana) got Jordan Brown, a big guy who can get it done inside. They got tremendous perimeter players around them and they can put the ball in the basket. It'll be a tough matchup for Tennessee."

Any game in the NCAA Tournament can certainly be tough — no one is safe (not even a No. 1 seed, right Virginia?). 

A first-round exit would be brutal for this Tennessee team — even though the Vols aren't expected to make a deep tournament run without Zeigler. 

Losing to Duke in the second round would be a tough way to exit for the Vols, but losing to the Blue Devils is a lot more respectable than losing in the first round to a No. 13 seed. 

(With that said, the Vols are more than capable of knocking off Duke and it's very possible that they do…I'm definitely not suggesting it's an automatic win for the Blue Devils. The Vols' defense could cause some major issues for Duke.)

Tennessee should have plenty of motivation to get up for the game against Louisiana. With CBS and others picking against them, the Vols should play with a chip on their shoulder against the Ragin' Cajuns. 

The Vols are scheduled to tip off against Louisiana at 9:40 PM ET on Thursday night on CBS.

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