So … the NCAA tournament?

After Alabama was swept by Texas A&M for a third straight loss, the postseason isn’t exactly on the top of the online discussion this Wednesday.

At 15-11, the recent skid has the Crimson Tide now has a losing record (6-7) in the SEC.

What does this all mean?

Alabama now sits at No. 53 in the NET rankings used by the NCAA selection committee. Before losing three straight, it was No. 43. This is the first year of the NET, but in the past, power conference teams in the 40s were pretty much a lock to make the 68-team field.

There is less certainty in the 50s. There are outliers like USC last season who missed out at No. 33 in the RPI. The same Trojan program made it in at No. 67 in 2011.

What say the bracket projections?

The major outlets haven’t updated their forecasts since last night but at least 19 who contribute to bracketmatrix.com’s formula have. Of that group, 10 now have the Tide missing the field. Most have them in the first-four out.

Several of the nine who still have Alabama making the tournament project a 12-seed play-in game in Dayton. None had the Tide higher than an 11-seed and TeamRankings.com gives Avery Johnson’s team a 28 percent chance of making it -- down 33 percent from a week earlier.

A few examples of brackets still including Alabama are here, here and here.

What’s next?

Vanderbilt and its winless SEC record comes to Coleman Coliseum in a game that could serve as a final disqualifier in defeat. It’s conceivable that the Vandy game could be the last one Alabama is favored to win, so opportunity to impress remains.

Quadrant 1 games still remain with LSU and Auburn at home and Arkansas on the road. Alabama is 2-6 in Quadrant 1 games with the win over No. 5 Kentucky being the top argument to not completely dismiss the Tide.

Go back a year and Alabama was one game into a five-game losing streak that stretched from Feb. 17-March 3. It was 17-9 and a lock for the tourney before stalling out. Only a Collin Sexton buzzer beater over Texas A&M in the SEC tournament revived hope that ended with the first at-large bid since 2012.

Michael Casagrande is an Alabama beat writer for the Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @ByCasagrande or on Facebook.