OT: Bubble Watch

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I did a little number crunching and if everything falls into place with the small conferences and the teams that are locks win their conf tourneys, that would leave 11 at large spots left for the bubble teams. (Assuming St. Mary’s is in, St. Joe’s wins A-10, Miami(OH) wins MAC, Utah wins Mnt West, Nevada wins WAC)

Which 11 would you take from this list?
GA Tech, Maryland, NC State, VA Tech, Miami, Geo Washington, Georgetown, Notre Dame, West Virginia, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Iowa St., Texas A&M, DePaul, UAB, Akron, Buffalo, N. Iowa, Wichita St., New Mexico, Arizona St., Vanderbilt, Davidson, and UTEP.

This is who espn lists as teams on the bubble.

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GA Tech, VA Tech, Geo Washington or St. Joe’s (depending on who wins the A10 tourny), Notre Dame, West Virginia, Minnesota, Iowa St., DePaul, UAB, Buffalo, New Mexico

This is tougher than it looks.

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Ga. Tech, Va. Tech, GW, Notre Dame, Minnesota, Buffalo, New Mexico, DePaul, Iowa State, Miami and UTEP

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georgia tech, indiana, depaul, maryland, notre dame, george washington, minnesota, n.c. state, va. tech., texas a&m, utep.

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Did they just ‘throw out’ Memphis? Memphis would trounce Davidson or or UTEP - if it is up to the ‘best’ teams then Maryland, GT, Miami, UAB, Arizona St., NC State, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Depaul and a ‘flyer’ on Vanderbilt.

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[i]Originally posted by 49ersMan[/i]@Mar 8 2005, 02:56 PM [b] Did they just 'throw out' Memphis? Memphis would trounce Davidson or or UTEP [/b]
Let's take a look at some Memphis scores this season...

Syracuse 77, Memphis 62
Memphis 79, Arkansas State 75
Maryland 84, Memphis 61
Memphis 62, Purdue 51
Pittsburgh 70, Memphis 51
Mississippi 65, Memphis 53
Memphis 71, Austin Peay 66
Louisiana Tech 64, Memphis 55
Providence 72, Memphis 59
Texas 74, Memphis 67
TCU 61, Memphis 59
Memphis 73, South Florida 67
UAB 73, Memphis 70
Memphis 72, East Carolina 66
Houston 66, Memphis 53
Memphis 85, Southern Miss 73
Saint Louis 70, Memphis 61

Yep, those Tigers are real world beaters!

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[i]Originally posted by 199er9[/i]@Mar 8 2005, 02:37 PM [b] Which 11 would you take from this list? GA Tech, Maryland, NC State, VA Tech, Miami, Geo Washington, Georgetown, Notre Dame, West Virginia, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Iowa St., Texas A&M, DePaul, UAB, Akron, Buffalo, N. Iowa, Wichita St., New Mexico, Arizona St., Vanderbilt, Davidson, and UTEP. [/b]
In no particular order:

GA Tech, ND, IU, Minn, DePaul, Davidson, VaTech, IowaSt, GW, NM, and… hmmm… who cares about the last.

I don’t support putting any team that finishes 7-9 in their own conference in the tourney, but I expect I’ll be disappionted with MD and/or NCSU making it by riding their conferences’ coattails :confused:

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What if Pacific, Vermont, Miami (OH), Utah, and Nevada don’t win their tourneys, then who would you pick? (Assuming Pacific, Utah, and Nevada are locks).

Which 8 would you take from this list?
GA Tech, Maryland, NC State, VA Tech, Miami, Geo Washington, Georgetown, Notre Dame, West Virginia, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Iowa St., Texas A&M, DePaul, UAB, Akron, Buffalo, N. Iowa, Wichita St., New Mexico, Arizona St., Vanderbilt, Davidson, UTEP, Vermont, Miami (OH)

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Geez, now FoxSports.com is taking up the Wolfpack / Sendek “crying” cause…

[b]Bubble teams are thanking Old Dominion today. The Monarchs' tournament title Monday saved an at-large spot for a team like [b]N.C. State[/b]. In our latest Breaking the Bracket, see how the Wolfpack became the final team in and why Maryland may have to face the NIT.[/b]

FOXSports.com: N.C. State benefits most from ODU win

Does this guy write for the Observer? :o