A lot of bubble teams took big hits last night. Rutgers is playing their way from safely in, to bubble watch really quick. Their home loss to Michigan has them down to a nine seed. They finish with Wisconsin, Penn State, Maryland and Purdue. If they go 0-4 and drop to 18-13, 9-11 they are going to be sweating bullets heading into Selection Sunday.
NC State’s win over Duke has pushed them into the field as Minnesota has fallen out and needs an extremely strong finish to get back into the field. Mississippi State also is into the field after Georgetown’s loss to Providence. Arizona State is also in by default as Furman is now out as I am projecting East Tennessee State to get the auto-bid (would also be an at-large) in the Southern Conference. Alabama also exits after a bad loss to Texas A&M and Indiana moves in with their win over Minnesota.
Omaha- Baylor and Kansas pods.
Spokane- Gonzaga and Creighton
Sacramento – San Diego State and Oregon
Tampa- Florida State and Penn State
Cleveland- Dayton and Villanova
St. Louis- Louisville and Kentucky
Greensboro- Maryland and Duke
Albany – West Virginia and Seton Hall
BYU has to go to a Thursday/Saturday site as they are not allowed to play on Sundays. Right now they would have to Tampa if the seeds held true.
1- Baylor, Kansas, Gonzaga, San Diego State
2- Dayton, Maryland, Duke, Florida State
3- Louisville, Seton Hall, Villanova, West Virginia
4- Kentucky, Creighton, Penn State, Oregon
5- Auburn, Michigan State, Colorado, Arizona
6- Ohio State, Marquette, Butler, Iowa
7- Houston, Michigan, BYU, LSU
8- Wisconsin, Texas Tech, Illinois, St. Mary’s
9- Rutgers, Rhode Island, Oklahoma, Virginia
10- Xavier,Florida, USC, Wichita State
11- Arizona State, Northern Iowa, Utah St, East Tennessee St
12- NC State, Purdue, Mississippi State, Indiana, Yale, Stephen F Austin
13- Liberty, North Texas, Bowling Green, Vermont
14- Wright State, New Mexico State, Little Rock, Murray State
15- Montana, Hofstra, South Dakota State, UC Irvine
16- Colgate, Siena, St Francis PA, Winthrop, Prairie View A&M, Norfolk State
Last 4 Out: Georgetown, Stanford, Richmond, Memphis
Next 4: Alabama, Arkansas, Cincinnati, UNC-G
Holding On: VCU, Minnesota, Furman
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