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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 2097200, member: 1969"]
We are getting close to the end of the road here so I think we should define "lock" and "No Chance" at an at large bid.

A "Lock" is a team that can lose every game for the rest of the season including the conference tourney and get in.

For a team to have "no Chance" that means it would not get an at large even if it won ir's last 2 (or 1) games and lost in the ACC Final.   If Clemson or Pitt made the ACC final and still had no chance at an at-large if they lost that game, then they have no chance.   I don't think that is the case.  Longshot to actually pull it off... indeed.    But that is why these teams as "Secondary" bubble teams.  Quite a bit of work is needed to get an at-large but it is not quite zero.

The ACC being as powerful as it is, allows a team like Clemson or Pitt to still make the tourney without actually winning the ACC.   Not many other conferences where a team could do that.   The Big 12 and Big Eastis only a 10 team league, so there is not the number of win opportunities and they are not as good.
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