Bubble: A-10 and More Edition

Today’s Bubble Snapshot figures heavily on the Atlantic 10. Our current bracket has the A-10 receiving 4 bids while 4 others fall in our First Four Out, Next Four Out, or Also Considered. Tonight’s action will go a long way to sorting the A-10 out. Richmond, Dayton, LaSalle, and St. Joseph’s are all on the wrong side of the bubble and all play winnable games. They need to win these games so when they play each other it means more. When all is said and done I think they end up with 5 bids.

In other bubble news Tennessee travels to Vanderbilt where it’s in their best interest to grab a road win. A loss might knock them out of the bracket. In the B1G, the Gophers go to Purdue to try and feast on the Big 10 bottom half. Time for Minnesota to show who they really are.

Out west we have Stanford at California which will be a good win for one of the teams. Both are on the bubble and knocking each other off can be helpful come March. Boise State hosts San Diego State and they need a win bad. They have no top 50 wins and this would be huge. I think they get it done at home and jump up to one of the First Four Out.

In the game of the night Wichita State travels to Indiana State. This would be the Sycamore’s last chance to get a signature win. If they lose its auto-bid or bust for them. No prediction; just sit back and enjoy.