Bubble watch

[bierce]

Boise State won by 10.  San Diego State no longer looks like a certain bid winner.

And could even Baylor be in trouble?  It's going down hard against Tech.

Iowa is getting clobbered by Illinois.  If Purdue can dispatch USC later tonight, then the Big Ten will have no dance crashers.

[bierce]

Baylor almost pulled it out.  Tech missed a pair of ft with 5.1 seconds left, Baylor ran down, but it was way off with a running three at the buzzer.  Tech wins 76-74.

Baylor's record isn't very good.  It is 5-12 in q1 games, 6-1 in q2, but it has a q3 loss.  It is only 3-11 against Pomeroy top 50. 

[bierce]

Creighton down 11 with 2:12 to go in regulation winds up winning in 2OT against DePaul.  If UConn can beat Nova in the upcoming game at MSG, then we can eliminate the Big East from conferences that could have a dance crasher. 

Edited 15 hours ago by bierce

[bierce]

What else is new?  Dan Hurley getting a technical.

[BobInHouston]

I saw a clip from what appears to be a long feature on DH. They tried to convince me that he's capable of acting like a human being.

I was not swayed.

[BobInHouston]

4 hours ago, Neil Leininger said:

This is the Texas team everyone thought we had this season. Finally healthy and starting to put it together.

Not top-four good but they could have been better for sure.

[bierce]

Purdue took out USC, so the Big Ten will have no dance crashers. 

Now if only Clemson will finish off SMU. 

[bierce]

I will never understand why a team that has to shoot with at least 15 second left on the game clock will run the entire shot clock down without trying to run some offense to get an easy basket instead of chucking a rock at the end of the shot clock.

Brad Brownell, boo on you.

[cdibbs]

Why is North Carolina in the field with a 1-11 record vs quad 1?  That's atrocious.  In on name only?

[bierce]

Clemson got away with it.  SMU with a failed possession, and Clemson hit ft to clinch it.

SMU finishes the year with 23 wins and not a single q1 win.   SMU was a complete fraud all seasons.   Zero wins against against the field. 

[bierce]

2 minutes ago, cdibbs said:

Why is North Carolina in the field with a 1-11 record vs quad 1?  That's atrocious.  In on name only?

It isn't necessarily in the field yet.  It was still out according to the matrix this morning.

And it is 7-0 in q2 and +5 in q1-g3, and it had very close losses to Michigan State and Kansas, so it has an argument.

Just like Texas has an argument despite losing 4 or 5 q2 games depending on whether UConn finishes outside the top 30.

The bubble is just that f'ing weak this year.

Who do you want to put over UNC?  OU?  Xavier?  Boise State?  Indiana?  All have just as many warts if not more. 

[horns96]

@bierce, you think we get in?  I've been out of the loop on OTF threads, but curious what you think...

[bierce]

2 minutes ago, horns96 said:

@bierce, you think we get in?  I've been out of the loop on OTF threads, but curious what you think...

If OU loses tonight, then I think we do.  If OU wins, then I'm not sure. 

We have a better claim than Indiana, tOSU, Xavier, the fourth MWC team, and maybe even Baylor at this point.

7 q1 wins are hard to argue with. Texas and OU are the only teams with 7 q1 wins at risk of missing the tournament. 

Just to be safe, I'm rooting for Kentucky all the way tonight.

[bierce]

BTW, if we are left out, then it will be because we scheduled 6 absolute dogs in our non-conference schedule.

That was an egregious mistake, and we should never do that again. 

[sarcher93]

30 minutes ago, bierce said:

If OU loses tonight, then I think we do.  If OU wins, then I'm not sure. 

We have a better claim than Indiana, tOSU, Xavier, the fourth MWC team, and maybe even Baylor at this point.

7 q1 wins are hard to argue with. Texas and OU are the only teams with 7 q1 wins at risk of missing the tournament. 

Just to be safe, I'm rooting for Kentucky all the way tonight.

We are 100% not getting in over OU

[AusMOJO]

On 3/13/2025 at 11:02 AM, bierce said:

Ohio State just lost to Iowa.  Our window just got a little more open.

Better crack that sucker all the way open now, lol. 

[Assistant Regional Manager]

28 minutes ago, bierce said:

BTW, if we are left out, then it will be because we scheduled 6 absolute dogs in our non-conference schedule.

That was an egregious mistake, and we should never do that again. 

Saint Joseph’s beating Tech in Brooklyn was funny at the time but for our overall resume it would have probably been better for us to play Tech in that championship game.

[bierce]

Wow, Kentucky.  Two turnovers in the last 20 seconds to let OU take a 1 point lead with 5.1 seconds left. 

[bierce]

24 minutes ago, sarcher93 said:

We are 100% not getting in over OU

Maybe now we are after Kentucky went the length of the floor to hit the game winner with 0.5 seconds left.

What a great day for Texas.

[horns96]

1 minute ago, bierce said:

Wow, Kentucky.  Two turnovers in the last 20 seconds to let OU take a 1 point lead with 5.1 seconds left. 

lol, OU. 

[sarcher93]

2 minutes ago, bierce said:

Maybe now we are after Kentucky went the length of the floor to hit the game winner with 0.5 seconds left.

What a great day for Texas.

OU is essentially a lock

[Glass Joe]

OU, Indiana, Xavier, and SD State all losing (while Texas wins over a highly ranked team) is just about a perfect day in Bubbleland.

[bierce]

3 minutes ago, sarcher93 said:

OU is essentially a lock

Because why?  Because NET 43?  Because 7-11 in q1 to our 7-10?  Because it has a q3 loss? 

OU has a very good argument for being included, but calling it a lock at this point is inaccurate.  If UNC beats a Cooper Flagg-less Duke tomorrow, and if Boise State can win another game, then OU might be on the outside again. 

[Clint Baros]

2 hours ago, cdibbs said:

Why is North Carolina in the field with a 1-11 record vs quad 1?  That's atrocious.  In on name only?

Because the head of the selection committee is the UNC AD...

[Coach840]

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