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Message: [QUOTE="Plebe, post: 3075395, member: 6927"] The bid-stealing and bubble scenarios in the MAC are murky and intriguing. I limited myself to naming the one MAC team that would *definitely* get an at-large regardless of who they lose to, and that's Central Michigan. Ohio and Buffalo, as you describe, are right near the cut line. (A third team, Miami of Ohio, isn't completely out of the bubble picture but most likely needs to win the tournament.) Creme currently has Buffalo and Ohio as 2 of the last 3 teams in, sandwiching Tennessee, but of course this doesn't mean the committee would agree. It's not at all clear that either or both would get an at-large if they lose in the MAC tournament, or how much they'd have to do in the MAC tournament for an at-large. If Central Michigan wins the MAC tournament, it's possible the MAC could get only one bid, with Ohio and Buffalo just missing the cut. Or it could get 2 or 3 bids, with one or the other just getting in. If CMU loses in the MAC tournament, and Ohio and Buffalo also lose, anywhere from 2 to 4 teams will get in. Perhaps the best-case scenario for the possibility of 4 MAC bids is the following: -- Buffalo beats CMU in the first semifinal. -- Miami OH beats Ohio in the second semifinal. -- Miami OH beats Buffalo in the final. [/QUOTE]