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[QUOTE="Jasoncuse, post: 2519328, member: 470"]
Really need VTech, Oklahoma (I think), Colorado, Iowa State and probably FSU. Lots of fellow bubbles playing today that could pick up respectable W's. I'd like to see Depaul beat Marquette, but that's not happening, so hopefully Nova smokes them tomorrow.

- Arizona State is so close to slipping right on out. I hope Colorado sticks it to them.
- I'm not sure if Oklahoma is such a lock. Oklahoma State has better W's, Texas might too and swept OU. Oklahoma has been terrible the past month or so. Baylor and Kansas St both went 5-1 against the 3, with KSU sweeping Baylor. TCU has probably the weakest resume in terms of good Wins, but they have the RPI/SOS buoyed by playing higher end mid-majors like Nevada, Bonnie, Belmont, etc. It's such a jumbled mess between the 6 and I'm wondering how many are locks and how many can quickly play their way out.  It also seems tough to differentiate them, in addition.
- Our Wake and GTech losses stick out like a sore thumb in these comparisons.
- Marquette's resume looks very similar to ours. Similar big W's, similar high number of losses to top 10 teams. Solid middle of the resume. Etc.
- Compared to all these teams, Louisville shouldn't even be close. They have literally no bad losses, but wow, they've beaten next to nobody. It's such a cream puff resume.

Winning against UNC will give us a chip that a lot of these teams don't have, which could really set us apart from the pack. It's so big. If we lose, we'll be out before many of these others bubbles are, so those optics always seem to play a role somehow.

I really don't know how to differentiate the final 8-10 teams getting in from the first 4-6 out.
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