Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Tonight's Bubble

With less than 6 weeks to Selection Sunday the bubble is becoming a hot topic.  Teams need to keep winning especially those in the 10-12 seed range.  Let’s look at tonight’s biggest bubble games.

Creighton at Indiana State
This would be huge for Indiana State and would keep the Missouri Valley a 3 bid league.  A loss and Indiana needs to win out the rest of the regular season.

Baylor at Oklahoma State
Okie State’s win against Kansas gives them a lot of breathing room but Baylor, not so much.  Some bracketologists have them closer to the 7-8 range while I’m not as high on them.  I think eventually one of these two teams, Oklahoma, or Iowa State gets squeezed out.

Alabama at Auburn
‘Bama needs to keep winning, plain and simple.  Computer number are iffy so they need “W’s”

Atlantic 10 Matchups
The A-10 is too much of a mess to break down but each of these teams need a win to some extent.  2 weeks from now there will be some separation here but for now it’s 8 teams jockeying for position behind Butler.
St. Joseph’s at Dayton
Rhode Island at Massachusetts
Charlotte at Temple

Mountain West Matchups
See above statement about the A-10 and add just a little bit more stability as most of these teams are in the bracket right now
UNLV at Fresno State
Air Force at New Mexico
Boise State at San Diego State

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