A little bit of a shakeup this week, mainly due to the failures of 3 Big 10 teams…<\/p>\n
(One question mark means you’re in, but shaky. Two question marks means you’re out, but can get in with a strong finish.)<\/p>\n
ACC (7 teams in) \u2013 Duke, North Carolina St., Georgia Tech, Wake Forest, North Carolina, Florida St., Maryland.<\/strong> Everybody\u2019s still safe, although NC St. and Duke are the only teams above .500 in conference. The Pack and Devils are a combined 18-1 against the rest of the league.<\/p>\n SEC (7) \u2013 Mississippi St., Kentucky, Florida, South Carolina, Alabama, LSU, Vanderbilt(?).<\/strong> Vandy has lost their last 5 on the road and present a weak portfolio unless they can pick up a road win in their remaining games against Alabama, Ole Miss and Georgia.<\/p>\n Big East (7) \u2013 Connecticut, Providence, Pittsburgh, Seton Hall, Syracuse, Boston College, Rutgers (?), Villanova(??).<\/strong> The \u2018Nova loss to West Virginia puts them on the brink of not being mentioned. But they do play 4 tourney teams in their last 6 games, so there still is the chance for redemption. <\/p>\n Big 12 (5) \u2013 Kansas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma St., Texas, Oklahoma.<\/strong> Must\u2026not\u2026put…Missouri\u2026back\u2026on\u2026the\u2026bubble\u2026<\/p>\n Big 10 (3) \u2013 Wisconsin, Michigan St., Illinois, Purdue(??), Indiana (??).<\/strong> The Big 10 has morphed into a three team league. Michigan had a horrible week with losses to Minnesota and Iowa. Indiana is on life support, but not dead yet.<\/p>\n Conference USA (5) \u2013 Louisville, Cincinnati, Charlotte, UAB, Memphis, DePaul(??).<\/strong> CUSA is almost as clear as the ACC. All 5 teams have done enough to get in. DePaul joins the list on a 5 game winning streak.<\/p>\n Atlantic 10 (3) \u2013 St Joseph\u2019s, Dayton, Richmond (?), Xavier(??).<\/strong> Oh the home loss to Xavier hurt Richmond. Not only did it knock Richmond down a peg, it also brings the X-men into the discussion.<\/p>\n Pac 10 (2) \u2013 Stanford, Arizona.<\/strong> Oregon loses at Washington, and still has only 1 top 100 win.<\/p>\n Mountain West (3) \u2013 Air Force, Utah, BYU(?).<\/strong> BYU benefited because of bad basketball by the Big 10 bubble boys.<\/p>\n WAC (2) \u2013 Nevada (?), UTEP(?), Hawaii (??).<\/strong> UTEP was poised to take top WAC honors but then got schooled by Nevada. The team that wins the WAC regular season is in the best shape, with Nevada getting any tiebreakers due to the wins over Kansas and at UNLV.<\/p>\n 44 bids are available from these 10 conferences, and I listed 50 teams. So that leaves 6 teams on the outside looking in.<\/p>\n Others: Gonzaga (a lock from the WCC), Southern Illinois (looking good from the MVC), Utah St. (Big West), Western Michigan (MAC). Utah State got the loss at Pacific on Saturday. It is not a horrible loss though, Pacific is 16-7, #76 in the RPI. Western Michigan was getting serious consideration until a loss at Marshall on Sunday. That is<\/em> a bad loss, Marshall is 9-12, #146.<\/p>\n So here\u2019s this week\u2019s Doubting Dozen. The top six teams would be in, the bottom six are out. There’s a pretty big drop-off between Utah State and Richmond. Gonzaga, Southern Illinois, and Utah State are assumed to get the automatic bid from their conference. But if they don\u2019t the bubble divider gets moved up one team. The same applies if a team not listed from the 50 teams above gets one of their conference\u2019s automatic bids. That means that while UTEP is listed as in, they would only get in under the ideal and unrealistic scenario that nothing stupid happens in conference tournaments.<\/p>\n A little bit of a shakeup this week, mainly due to the failures of 3 Big 10 teams… (One question mark means you’re in, but shaky. Two question marks means you’re out, but can get in with a strong finish.) 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