Friday night lights: Big East and Pac-12 action

[bballnut90]

Good points. The bubble did just get stronger in the last two days. I still think Tennessee's in decent shape with its wins over Missouri and Texas. But yeah, the margin for missteps has narrowed.



Not sure I'm quite on board with the point about SC. I suppose you're referring to their two losses to Tennessee when Wilson didn't play. But they were still given a #2 seed in the tournament, and it's not clear to me that their placement was downgraded by those two losses.

I think SC may have avoided the east regional if they won both Tennessee games. Even if they still go there, the committee didnt mitigate Tennessee's wins over SC twice by giving them a 3 seed, even though in reality SC was a pretty bad team without A'ja during those games and Tennessee's resume wasnt 3 seed worthy without them. I dont think the committee will downplay Oregon's losses for not having Hebard, nor will they downplay Notre Dame for missing Young against UNC....just part of how it all shakes out.