Bubble Watch - Week of Feb 27 to Mar 4

[jncuse]

That's more than a little low.

They are the only site currently on the internet that has us "Out" as of now (per the Bracket Matrix). So it's probably why it is so low.

 

[pearl31]

TeamRankings is complete rubbish. "But, but we run SIMULATIONS!!!"

 

[jncuse]

The Matrix had 39 brackets updated so far today

39 Total Brackets

Here are the rankings of the teams that are no quite locks and details on next game

IN
Pitt - 39 (Sat 2:00 - AT Georgia Tech)
Providence - 39 (Sat 12:30 - AT St. John's)
Vanderbilt - 39 (Sat 12;00 - AT Texas A&M)
Butler - 39 (Sat 2:30 - vs Marquette)
USC - 38 (Sat 4:00 - vs Oregon)
Syracuse - 38* (Sat 2:00 - AT Florida St)
VCU - 38 (Sat 8:00 - AT Dayton)
St. Bona - 36 (Sat 8:00 - AT St Louis)
UConn - 34 (Sun 2:00 - vs UCF)
South Carol - 33 (Sat 5:00 - AT Arkansas)
Oregon St - 33 (Sat 6:30 - AT UCLA)
Michigan - 30 (Sat 9:00 - vs Iowa)
Cincinnati - 28 (Sun Noon - vs SMU)
Tulsa - 25 (Sat 5:00 - vs South Florida)

OUT
Temple - 27* (Sun 3:00 - AT Tulane)
Gonzaga - 17 (Sat - midnight - vs Portland, WCC quarterfinal)
George Wash - 3 (Sat 3:30 - AT Davidson)
Houston - 3 (Done for Regular Season)
Stanford - 1 (Sat 4:00 - AT Arizona)
Florida St - 1 (Sat 2:00 vs Syracuse)

NO VOTES, BUT COULD GET AT LARGE WITH BIG WIN And/OR Run Next Week
Ohio St at Michigan St (Sat 12:00)
LSU at Kentucky (Sat 2:00)
Creighton at Xavier (Sat 2:30)
Alabama at Georgia (Sat 4:00)
Florida at Missouri (Sat 7:30)

Bubble Buster Games
San Diego St vs UNLV (Sat 10:00, regular season game)
St. Mary's vs Team X (Sat ??, WCC quarterfinal)
Wichita St vs Team X (Sat ??, MVC Semifinal)
Monmouth vs Team X ( ??, NEC Semifnal. if it wins tonight)


* Send complaints here. https://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-tournament/bracketology/ Terrible, just terrible.

** reversed with Tulsa as I sense some are still placing them here because they lead the AAC and not because they are an at-large. But they are in the at large discussion now.

So I thought it would make sense to sort all teams by the current totals on the Matrix. If you look at the teams that are in between VCU and Tulsa, many have really tough games tomorrow. So even if we lose to FSU, there will be teams below us that will lose as well. And there is simply a lack of teams on the outside that can push hard upwards right now.

 

[jncuse]

The AAC will be more relevant over the next week then it will ever be again.