Here are 76 teams who will be looking for their names on Selection Sunday. There is still much to play out over the next few days, but this gives us a chance to look at the real bubble teams and compare them all head to head. Obviously 11 teams on this list won't make the dance, even more if a San Diego wannabe decides they want to screw somebody. The number in parenthesis next to the conference is how many teams we consider locks as of Thursday afternoon.
We have 62 locks leaving only 3 spots open for 14 teams to fight for. Those teams are (with their ESPN RPI ranking alongside):
UMASS - 43
Dayton - 29
- Highest RPI on this list, but had the unfortunate matchup of Xavier in the A-10 quarters.
Virginia Tech - 59
Maryland - 69
Syracuse - 52
- Opening round loss by 19 all but kills their chances.
Villanova - 50
- Didn't put up much of a fight against Georgetown. Not looking good.
Ohio St. - 48
VCU - 55
- With no way left to play their way in, they are probably out.
UAB - 46
- The OT loss to Tulsa in the opening round of the C-USA tourney kills their chances.
Houston - 67
- Down to UTEP at the half. Off the bubble if they lose.
Illinois St. - 34
Arizona St. - 76
- A low RPI and an opening round loss to USC damages their chances.
Mississippi - 41
Florida - 65
America East (1)
UMBC
Atlantic 10 (1)
Xavier
UMASS
Dayton
ACC (4)
North Carolina
Duke
Clemson
Virginia Tech
Miami
Maryland
Atlantic Sun (1)
Belmont
Big 12 (6)
Kansas
Texas
Kansas St.
Baylor
Oklahoma
Texas A&M
Big East (7)
Georgetown
Louisville
Connecticut
Marquette
Notre Dame
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Syracuse
Villanova
Big Sky (1)
Portland St.
Big South (1)
Winthrop
Big 10 (4)
Wisconsin
Purdue
Indiana
Michigan St.
Ohio St.
Big West (1)
UC Santa Barbara
Colonial (1)
George Mason
VCU
Conference USA (1)
Memphis
UAB
Houston
Horizon (1)
Butler
Ivy (1)
Cornell
MAAC (1)
Siena
MAC (1)
Kent St.
MEAC (1)
Morgan St.
MVC (1)
Drake
Illinois St.
Mountain West (3)
BYU
UNLV
New Mexico
Northeast (1)
Mt. St. Mary’s
OVC (1)
Austin Peay
Pac 10 (6)
UCLA
Stanford
Washington St.
USC
Arizona St.
Oregon
Arizona
Patriot (1)
American
SEC (5)
Tennessee
Mississippi St.
Vanderbilt
Kentucky
Arkansas
Florida
Mississippi
Southern (1)
Davidson
Southland (1)
Stephen F. Austin
SWAC (1)
Alabama St.
Summit (1)
Oral Roberts
Sun Belt (2)
Western Kentucky
S. Alabama
WCC (3)
Gonzaga
San Diego
St. Mary’s
WAC (1)
Utah St.
More to come as results come in throughout Thursday.
3/13/08
Narrowing it Down to 65
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2 comments:
You said Cuse is all but done, then you listed them below as part of your 65? They're not gonna make it. How about those UCSB Gauchos!
He didn't list them as one of the 65 teams in, he listed that the Big East had seven locks, but then listed every team in the conference that is being taken into consideration.
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