Bubble Watching...

[o_1984Dawg]

South Alabama just lost to Middle Tennessee in the Sun Belt semis, likely turning that into a 2 bid league and taking one of those at large spots. Lunardi had USA as a 9 today. MTSU's RPI is 131. They might be sweating it Sunday, but I'd guess they're still probably in.

San Diego is trying to make the WCC a 3 bid league against Gonzaga. Toreros up 3 at the half.

Another to watch is Davidson, currently taking care of business in the SoCon, up 8 at half.

The bubble is shrinking for the rebs and others.

 

[Uncle Leo]

They dropped from 25 to 39 with tonight's loss. What hurt them so much tonight was that they were hosting the Sun Belt Tournament, which makes this a home loss (worth 1.4 losses to the RPI).

On their side, though, is the fact that they're 3-2 vs RPI top-50 teams. Working against them are their 3 losses to RPI 101+ teams. The 128th ranked SOS isn't helping, either. They'll certainly be sweating it on Sunday.

 

[msubullie4life]

would go into mourning..Go San Diego!!

 

[Bulldog from Birth]

Another bubble bursts.

BFB

 

[msubullie4life]

San Diego, Zaga and St. Mary's??

San Diego - Auto bid.
Zaga's good wins - WKU, VaTech, St. Joes, UConn, St. Mary's (Definitely In)
St. Mary's good wins - Drake, Oregon, Seton Hall, SDSU, Ohio, Zaga (How do you leave them out?? 24-6, RPI 39)

 

[CalNaughtonJr.sixpack]

a 4 bid conference for sure!!!!

 

[Coach34]

SEC gets 5...and they are locks

 

[Columbus Dawg]

thanks to conference tourneys the WCC gets 3 and the Sun Belt gets 2. Too bad they're not all like the Ivy League.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

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[msubullie4life]

while announcing the brackets (as the media and the others do frequently)...

 

[rugbdawg]

thing to happen to our two schools for each to able to form a separate identity on a national scene. There would be a media uproar and a ton of pub. The committee would have to redo the brackets completely probably giving us a higher seed than we deserved. In short, it would be great.

 

[1MSUDawgFan]

thing to happen to our two schools for each to able to form a separate identity on a national scene. There would be a media uproar and a ton of pub. The committee would have to redo the brackets completely probably giving us a higher seed than we deserved. In short, it would be great.

</p>There's NO WAY they would go back and redo the brackets. None whatsoever.

 

[wpnetdawg]

They have the 20 wins and a winning conference record (barely), but they have also lost 5 of 8 and have four losses outside the RPI top 100. If they were to lose in the first round of the SECT, they would have lost 6 of 9.

I fully expect them to make the tourney, but I don't necessarily agree that they are a lock.

 

[VegasDawg13]

Coach has declared it to be true so there are a lock. Don't even bother with well thought out arguments and reasoning; they are in no matter what happens this week.

 

[WillemWallace]

Illinois State got blasted by Drake, which hurts them.

USA losing in the semis hurts if Ole Miss wins two in the SECT.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

Ah, Providence moved up. The Razorbacks had five losses outside the Top 100 for the longest time & now Arkansas' profile looks much more better than Ole Miss and UAB (both of which have five losses outside the Top 100) than previously.