Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Tonight's Bubble Games

VCU – UNC-Wilmington
VCU just entered the bracket last night and need to stay perfect to remain an at-large candidate

South Florida – Syracuse
USF needs this to validate its current 10-4 Big East record. As a side bar every win USF gets also helps VCU as it gives them a top 50 win and will slowly pull up their RPI as well

East Carolina – Memphis
The Tigers slipped up over the weekend and although they are still comfortably in the bracket a losing streak is ill-advised at this time

West Virginia – Notre Dame
The Mountaineers need a road victory bad. They aren’t a bubble team now but it’s best to win tonight and slide into the top half of the bracket

Nebraska – Purdue
Purdue’s goal? Beat the teams they should and they are in

As an added bonus here are a couple team currently out who need to win to stay in the conversation:
St. Joseph’s hosting Richmond – currently one of my first four out
Dayton at Duquesne – if Dayton losses they drop out of the conversation
George Mason at Northeastern – barely in the conversation with an RPI of 83
Minnesota hosting Michigan State – A big opportunity for the Gophers

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