Wednesday News and Notes

Last Night’s games

Xavier lost to Butler and is no longer in consideration.  Its auto-bid or NIT now.  Alabama had a 10 point lead and still lost at home to Auburn.   They are out of the bracket for now.  Duke almost lost again and it doesn’t look like Zion will play vs North Carolina.  If they lose that game they may fall of the top line.

Tonight’s Bubble games:

Marquette (4) vs Seton Hall (12)

Seton Hall pops back into the bracket with the Alabama loss last night.  They could fall right back out with a home loss vs Marquette

LaSalle vs Dayton (AC)

Last chance for Dayton; they have no room for error.

St. Bonaventure vs Davidson (AC)

See Dayton

Providence vs Creighton (FF)

Creighton is one of our First Four Out and need every win out there.  They could afford a loss but then they would need a run to the Big East Championship.

Georgetown (FF) vs DePaul

Georgetown is in the same spot as Creighton except their computer numbers are way worse even if they have a superior record.

Ohio State (10) vs Northwestern

The Buckeye’s are probably a lock at this point with all the garbage behind them but this would be a bad loss.

Clemson (12) vs Notre Dame

Clemson is about 7 points across 5 games from being a 7 seed.  Alas, they lost all 5 close games and are barely in. 

Georgia Tech vs North Carolina State (FF)

In any other year where we look at RPI first North Carolina State wouldn’t even be considered (RPI = 97).  However, they have a NET of 31 and KenPom of 34 so we still have to take a long look at them. 2-8 in Quad 1 games and 5-0 in Quad 2 games.  Probably still a tournament team...unless they lose tonight