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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 5378106, member: 1969"]
[B]Yesterday (Friday)[/B]

Can break yesterday up into 2 points:
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#1 - MWC Chaos -   [/B]If you were a bubble team yesterday you wanted the 2 MWC teams that are probably clearly in the tournament to win (New Mexico and Utah St).   Well they both lost. [B]  That means that one of Boise St / Colorado St will be stealing a bid.[/B]   Boise St might actually be last one or two in for some people, so if for UNC for example,  its probably best Boise St wins, so they don't sneak an at-large if they lose.

[B]#2  Texas and UNC Lose "marquee" games[/B]
On one hand the loss shouldn't make your ranking worse.   On the other hand a win would have locked a bid / allowed you to jump people.  And not worried about bid stealers.

Say the committee had UNC/Texas ahead of Indiana before the games, they aren't suddenly putting Indiana ahead of UNC/Texas because of the losses.  But, the committee may have also had Indiana ahead of them before the game -- and that is where the loss mattered.

And with a bid stealer (#1 above), now one of, if not both UNC and Texas are likely out.
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