Bubble and Stuff

Not much movement in the bracket last night. Tennessee loses to Florida but still hangs around at an 11 seed. Oklahoma State continues their free fall down to a 9 seed. Marquette and Wyoming get big wins but still are not in the Also Considered bucket. Marquette’s RPI is too high at 70 and they are 0-5 against the RPI top 25. Wyoming gets a top 25 win but their RPI is around 85. Mississippi and Clemson lose golden chances move up to a Next Four Out team but fail in the end. North Carolina State is making a late move to be relevant. A top 50 RPI is good but 0-4 against the top 25 isn’t. They will need a big win down the road to close the gap.

Tonight’s slate has two big ACC showdowns with Syracuse traveling to Pitt for a first to 40 wins game while Tobacco Road gets busy with Duke at North Carolina.

As for the bracket, two A-10 teams right on the bubble are in action. Richmond travels to Duquesne while Dayton hosts Rhode Island. Both teams are in must win situations for the time being. In the Midwest, Baylor tries to right the ship at TCU. At 2-8 in conference they are 3-4 wins from getting in. LSU also plays Texas A&M. As the last team in they need a win. Out west Stanford and California are in action. Neither are in bubble trouble right now but a loss moves them down to a projected 11 seed.