Big Bubble day

[nelsonmuntz]

Need St. Mary's, Murray State, Creighton and Wichita State to win. Can't have Texas win, and losses by Northwestern, Mississippi State, WVU and Miami would be nice too.

Edit: A loss by Penn would be handy too.

And of course, UCONN MUST BEAT PITT!!!!

 

[djct1999]

Murray State is a must win. Either Creighton or Wichita State needs to win.
After that, UConn must win! A Harvard win is helpful but the rest of the teams are chasing us.
If we win, they wont catch us! I still think the loser of USF and WV will be in trouble. Most important, a win today will make the rest of the weekend somewhat less stressful!

 

[Kitaman]

I still think the loser of USF and WV will be in trouble. Most important, a win today will make the rest of the weekend somewhat less stressful!

I have a feeling that USF is in a better position today than we are. I know RPI is important but if they lose, they have the BET tournament to recover. Sadly, if we lose then we probably have the NIT to recover, in addition giving the committee even more reason to select USF.

 

[djct1999]

USF is a hard one to figure out. My guess is that if they lose today and lose their first tourney game, they will most likely miss the tourney. A win today, and I think they become a lock.

 

[tzznandrew]

USF is a hard one to figure out. My guess is that if they lose today and lose their first tourney game, they will most likely miss the tourney. A win today, and I think they become a lock.

This feels right to me. They're in the tournament today. And they're position is probably close to ours--hence, two losses in a row and we'll both be out.

 

[jibsey]

USF has 12 BE wins. In BE history, only 3 teams with 10 haven't made it. We need 3 wins, it's that simple.

 

[tzznandrew]

USF has 12 BE wins. In BE history, only 3 teams with 10 haven't made it. We need 3 wins, it's that simple.

How many of those came when the BE had 16 teams? How many of those came from a team that didn't beat any of the Top 4 teams?

The world is a little different.

 

[UCweCONN]

Need Harvard to clinch the automatic bid for the Ivy today and pull for all the favorites in the conference tourneys but let's win today. Not a done deal, down to a 5 point lead.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Northwestern and Xavier both down early in their games. Those two losses would be of great help. As would Miami, but they have BC at home and are leading.

 

[Vuce]

Murray State down 5 with 15 min left to Tenn State

 

[Ricky1Moore]

Murray State looks terrible, not sure what all the fuss over them is about.

Do obviously hope they find a way to win though

 

[djct1999]

I was thinking the same thing. Would love for Uconn to get them in the first round....in fact, id pay the committee for that matchup. lets put this high vs mid major debate to rest!

 

[NOTaDIME]

Need to be big Murray State and Harvard fans today.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Murray State in trouble, down 2 with 4 minutes to go. On ESPN2 for those interested.

 

[champs99and04]

Tennessee State in the process of stealing a bid.

 

[Ricky1Moore]

Espn having serious issues today

 

[Ricky1Moore]

Committee should just save everyone the trouble and leave Murray state out. We only need one team from this garbage league

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Committee should just save everyone the trouble and leave Murray state out. We only need one team from this garbage league

Great point. We need more powerhouses like Miami and Northwestern in the Dance.

Wichita State is in a battle too.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Jesus, ESPN totally bugged out, but has just come back, tied 52-52, Tennessee State with the ball, 45 seconds left.

 

[tzznandrew]

Murray State isn't great. But they have 1 loss (2 maybe). They are definitely one of the best at-large teams based on resume.

 

[Ricky1Moore]

Now that espn is working again... Looks like Murray will escape, and the bid will be saved.

You couldn't pay me to watch Northwestern vs Miami.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Damn. Xavier comes back to win. They are probably the strongest team currently "out".

 

[aceboon]

Fraschilla is bugging, that's not a charge. That's one of the problems with cbb as it is, too many garbage charge calls.

 

[hoopsknowitall]

Ha ref swallow that whistle!

 

[hoopsknowitall]

That keeps a bid from being stolen.