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Message: [QUOTE="orangenirvana, post: 2514850, member: 156"] Current situation (just my own opinion, I can't trust all of the brackets out there)... Locks: 26 Houston, TCU, Creighton, Butler, Kentucky, West Virginia, Arizona, Clemson, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virginia, Michigan State, Xavier, Villanova, Duke, Michigan, Auburn, Ohio State, Texas Tech, Wichita State, Kansas, Cincinnati, UNC, Gonzaga, Purdue, Florida Automatic bids: 25 (I estimate that 7 of the 32 conference tourney championships will be won by a locked team) Which leaves 17 spots available. [U] Ranking the Bubbles - Sagarin/KenPom/BPI = Average...Quadrant 1 record (Q2 wins, Q3 wins, Q4 wins) [/U] In [B]1. Virginia Tech - 35/31/29 = 31.7...6-7 (3,4,8) 2. Miami - 29/35/33 = 32.3...5-5 (3,7,7) 3. Texas A&M - 26/32/38 = 32.0...5-7 (8,3,4) 4. Seton Hall - 28/29/30 = 29.0...4-7 (3,6,7) 5. Nevada - 36/20/26 = 27.3...2-2 (5,13,6) 6. Florida State - 39/37/37 = 37.7...6-6 (1,4,9) 7. Baylor - 22/34/34 = 30.0...4-10 (3,3,7) 8. Arkansas - 33/37/36 = 36.7...5-7 (4,6,6) 9. Louisville - 21/33/31 = 28.3...3-9 (1,8,7) 10. Notre Dame - 30/28/32 = 30.0...2-7 (4,4,7) 11. Oklahoma - 34/44/43 = 40.3...6-8 (3,3,6) 12. Saint Mary's - 32/23/22 = 25.7...1-1 (2,11,13) 13. Missouri - 43/42/50 = 45.0...5-7 (5,6,2) 14. Penn State - 40/30/28 = 32.7...3-7 (2,6,10*) 15. Texas - 37/40/42 = 39.7...5-10 (3,5,5) 16. Arizona State - 46/38/44 = 42.7...3-4 (4,8,5) 17. Kansas State - 44/43/47 = 44.7...3-7 (6,6,6)[/B] Out 18. Middle Tennessee - 50/44/43 = 45.7...3-3 (2,7,11) 19. NC State - 47/43/48 = 46.0...5-7 (3,4,8) 20. Marquette - 46/49/45 = 46.7...4-7 (4,3,7) 21. Alabama - 53/53/54 = 53.3...5-6 (5,5,2) 22. USC - 38/46/49 = 44.3...3-6 (5,8,5*) 23. St. Bonaventure - 48/63/54 = 55.0...4-2 (3,7,9*) [B][COLOR=#ff8000]24. Syracuse - 52/51/50 = 51.0...3-7 (3,8,5)[/COLOR][/B] 25. UCLA - 45/50/56 = 50.3...2-6 (4,8,5) 26. LSU - 71/59/63 = 64.3...6-6 (3,2,6) 27. Oklahoma State - 51/57/58 = 55.3...4-10 (4,1,8) 28. Maryland - 41/48/40 = 43.0...0-11 (2,7,9) 29. Loyola - 66/45/52 = 54.3...1-1 (3,14,7*) 30. Oregon - 48/65/65 = 59.3...2-5 (4,7,6) 31. Boise State - 57/52/53 = 54.0 ...1-2 (4,5,11) 32. New Mexico State - 70/54/71 = 65.0...1-2 (2,7,11) 33. Mississippi State - 64/62/70 = 65.3...3-7 (3,6,8) 34. Nebraska - 60/56/64 = 60.0...1-7 (3,8,10) 35. Providence - 51/71/72 = 64.7...4-8 (5,5,5***) 36. Utah - 58/61/81 = 66.7...2-5 (5,6,5) 37. San Diego State - 55/60/60 = 58.3...1-3 (2,5,9*) 38. Davidson - 67/55/39 = 53.7...2-6 (0,6,10**) 39. South Carolina - 68/77/87 = 77.3...3-9 (2,6,4) 40. Louisiana - 72/70/51 = 64.3...0-1 (1,8,15) 41. Washington - 92/97/115 = 101.3...3-5 (3,8,6) * 1 Q4 loss ** 2 Q4 losses *** 3 Q4 losses Hope I'm wrong. [/QUOTE]

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