Bubble watch: Georgia is in position to end 10-year NCAA Tournament drought after beating Vanderbilt
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Bubble watch: Georgia is in position to end 10-year NCAA Tournament drought after beating Vanderbilt

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Ga. — Asa Newell spoke with confidence after Georgia’s 79-68 win over Vanderbilt on Saturday when he proclaimed, “We’re going to be dancing.” It has been 10 years since a Georgia player could make that boast about the Bulldogs’ NCAA Tournament outlook following their final regular-season game. Led by Newell, the freshman forward who scored 15 points against Vanderbilt, the Bulldogs’ hopes for their first NCAA Tournament bid since 2015 were boosted by four consecutive wins to close the regular season. It’s possible the Bulldogs could have survived losses to Vanderbilt and in their SEC Tournament opening game against Oklahoma on Wednesday night in Nashville and still made the NCAA field. Ohio State fell to 17-14 and 9-11 in the Big Ten and had been on Lunardi’s list of the last four byes in the projected NCAA field.

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Bubble Watch: Ohio State’s loss is North Carolina’s gain, plus a good day for the SEC
1 week, 6 days ago

Bubble Watch: Ohio State’s loss is North Carolina’s gain, plus a good day for the SEC

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! A look at the NCAA Tournament bubble picture after Wednesday’s games: O-H. N-O It’s still fairly early in the major conference tournaments, so for bubble teams, Wednesday was more about avoiding bad losses than earning significant wins. For Ohio State, the next few days should …

Men’s college basketball bubble watch: Who’s sweating as championship week begins?
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Men’s college basketball bubble watch: Who’s sweating as championship week begins?

New York Times  

Editor’s note: This article is part of the Bracket Central series, an inside look at the run-up to the men’s & women’s NCAA Tournaments, along with analysis and picks during the tournaments. Big East Locks: Creighton, Marquette, St. John’s, UConn Should Be In: None In the Mix: Xavier On the Fringe: None In The Mix Xavier Profile Strengths: Zero bad …

Men’s college basketball bubble watch: Can UNC claw back? Oklahoma-Texas eliminator ahead?
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Men’s college basketball bubble watch: Can UNC claw back? Oklahoma-Texas eliminator ahead?

New York Times  

Editor’s note: This article is part of the Bracket Central series, an inside look at the run-up to the men’s & women’s NCAA Tournaments, along with analysis and picks during the tournaments. Ohio State Profile Strengths: Strong quality metrics, multiple elite wins away from Columbus, great nonconference SOS, no bad losses. SEC Locks: Auburn, Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Missouri, …

NCAA Tournament women’s bubble watch: USF, Ivy League and Atlantic-10 with key matchups this weekend
1 month, 1 week ago

NCAA Tournament women’s bubble watch: USF, Ivy League and Atlantic-10 with key matchups this weekend

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! There’s one month until the NCAA Tournament selection show and there are still many teams battling to get off the bubble and into the field. South Florida has won seven straight games, including a triple-overtime victory over Rice last week, to get into the at-large …

Men’s college basketball bubble watch: Kansas State and Indiana suddenly have life
1 month, 1 week ago

Men’s college basketball bubble watch: Kansas State and Indiana suddenly have life

New York Times  

Editor’s note: This article is part of the Bracket Central series, an inside look at the run-up to the men’s & women’s NCAA Tournaments, along with analysis and picks during the tournaments. Cincinnati’s profile still lacks true high-end wins, but several big chances remain, starting with Saturday’s trip to Ames to take on Iowa State. Ohio State Profile Strengths: Strong …

Women’s college basketball bubble watch: Predictions for crowded Big Ten race to tournament
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Women’s college basketball bubble watch: Predictions for crowded Big Ten race to tournament

New York Times  

Editor’s note: This article is part of the Bracket Central series, an inside look at the run-up to the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments, along with analysis and picks during the tournaments. ACC Locks: Notre Dame Projected in: California, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, North Carolina, North Carolina State On the bubble: Virginia Tech Team Record NET SOS Quad …

NCAA Tournament women’s bubble watch: Iowa, Illinois grab quality wins; Arizona, Colorado in need
1 month, 3 weeks ago

NCAA Tournament women’s bubble watch: Iowa, Illinois grab quality wins; Arizona, Colorado in need

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! With six weeks until the NCAA Tournament, some teams are starting to need to get quality wins to potentially get off the bubble ahead of Selection Sunday on March 16. Arizona and Colorado both need another quality win or two to help get themselves into …

College Football Playoff Bubble Watch: What will committee do with Alabama and Miami?
3 months, 3 weeks ago

College Football Playoff Bubble Watch: What will committee do with Alabama and Miami?

New York Times  

The College Football Playoff field is mostly set. The bubble isn’t very big, but the central debate heading into the conference championship games seems clear: Will the committee elect to place three-loss Alabama into the field ahead of two-loss Miami — or even SMU if the Mustangs lose the ACC title game against Clemson? They could lose 59-0, like 2014 …

College Football Playoff stock watch: Can BYU and Tennessee escape the bubble?
4 months, 1 week ago

College Football Playoff stock watch: Can BYU and Tennessee escape the bubble?

New York Times  

Editor’s note: This article is part of the College Football Stock Watch series, breaking down which teams are rising and falling in the Playoff race. GO DEEPER College Football Playoff 2024 projections: SMU favored over Alabama for final spot Stock up Carson Beck played his best football of the season in throwing for 347 yards and two touchdowns against Tennessee, …

Tennessee blew it at Georgia, but Vols’ College Football Playoff hopes are not blown
4 months, 1 week ago

Tennessee blew it at Georgia, but Vols’ College Football Playoff hopes are not blown

New York Times  

ATHENS, Ga. — Tennessee is a College Football Playoff team, the bulk of the evidence illustrated in a Saturday night setting that is not conducive for the thriving of average teams. GO DEEPER College Football Playoff 2024 projections: Colorado favored to win Big 12, earn bye So get ready for late November and early December campaigning, as if we didn’t …

College Football Playoff Bubble Watch: Oregon’s win over Ohio State comes with a bonus
5 months, 1 week ago

College Football Playoff Bubble Watch: Oregon’s win over Ohio State comes with a bonus

New York Times  

Read The Athletic’s latest edition of College Football Playoff bubble watch. To miss the Playoff now for teams like Oregon and Texas — and include Penn State after its comeback win Saturday at USC — it’ll take a total collapse. Each week, Bubble Watch will examine who’s in, who’s out and who’s somewhere in the middle leading up to the …

What we learned about the College Football Playoff race after Oregon-Ohio State classic
5 months, 1 week ago

What we learned about the College Football Playoff race after Oregon-Ohio State classic

New York Times  

Two losses don’t necessarily eliminate a team from College Football Playoff contention anymore. Ryan Barker, right, made a game-winning field goal in overtime to lift Penn State over USC and likely end the Trojans’ chances of getting into the College Football Playoff. GO DEEPER Morales: After another close loss and a 3-3 start, USC simply needs more from Lincoln Riley …

AP Top 25 Reality Check: No. 23 Georgia Tech breaks long poll drought and teams suing ACC start 0-3
6 months, 3 weeks ago

AP Top 25 Reality Check: No. 23 Georgia Tech breaks long poll drought and teams suing ACC start 0-3

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Reality check: Freshman WR Ryan Williams, just 17 years old, looks like the next great Crimson Tide receiver after a lull in that area of the ‘Bama development machine. 6 Mississippi Next: vs. Middle Tennessee, Saturday Reality check: Let’s get this out of the way: The …

March Madness is here. UConn, Purdue, Houston and North Carolina get top seeding in NCAA Tournament
1 year ago

March Madness is here. UConn, Purdue, Houston and North Carolina get top seeding in NCAA Tournament

Associated Press  

Even before the brackets came out Sunday, March Madness was a muddled mess. Unexpected titles placed teams like Oregon, North Carolina State and even Duquesne, none of whom were projected to make the tournament, into the field of 68 via the automatic bid that goes to conference champions. “And I talked to some of the staff that’s been in that …

Bad news for the bubble: NC State and Oregon swipe bids as wild tournament results continue
1 year ago

Bad news for the bubble: NC State and Oregon swipe bids as wild tournament results continue

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Conference tournament season took an even more chaotic turn — and that’s bad news for at least a couple teams on the bubble. North Carolina State’s thrilling five-wins-in-five-days march through the Atlantic Coast Conferece Tournament pushed one borderline team out of the NCAA Tournament. Now North Carolina — N.C. State’s opponent in its 84-76 victory Saturday night — …

South Carolina nabs women’s NCAA Tournament top seed; Iowa, USC, Texas get other No. 1 seeds
1 year ago

South Carolina nabs women’s NCAA Tournament top seed; Iowa, USC, Texas get other No. 1 seeds

New York Times  

The Athletic has live coverage of UConn vs. USC in the women’s March Madness Elite 8. Cardoso, however, will miss South Carolina’s first NCAA Tournament game after being ejected for fighting late in its SEC tournament championship victory over LSU. Unlike the men’s NCAA Tournament, for the second consecutive year, the women’s tournament will use only two host cities for …

Women’s basketball Bubble Watch: What makes Middle Tennessee’s a worthy mid-major
1 year ago

Women’s basketball Bubble Watch: What makes Middle Tennessee’s a worthy mid-major

New York Times  

The full women’s NCAA Tournament bracket has been set with South Carolina as the No. Get your women’s March Madness printable bracket ACC Locks: Virginia Tech, Syracuse, Louisville, North Carolina State, Notre Dame, Duke, Florida State Projected in: North Carolina On the bubble: Miami Team Record NET SOS North Carolina 19-12 32 21 Miami 19-11 50 74 Georgia Tech 17-15 …

2024 NCAA Tournament Bubble Watch: The cut line is coming into focus
1 year ago

2024 NCAA Tournament Bubble Watch: The cut line is coming into focus

New York Times  

The full NCAA Tournament bracket has been released with UConn leading the way as No. Team NET/KenPom SOS/SOR Quad 1 Michigan State 22/20 12/47 4-8 Northwestern 53/46 50/29 5-5 Nebraska 43/43 71/31 4-7 Iowa 57/49 16/43 3-8 That sound you hear is Nebraska and Keisei Tominaga approaching lock status. Spotlight On: Nebraska For what it’s worth, Nebraska is probably the …

2024 NCAA Tournament Bubble Watch: Texas and Texas A&M are making it interesting
1 year ago

2024 NCAA Tournament Bubble Watch: Texas and Texas A&M are making it interesting

New York Times  

The full NCAA Tournament bracket has been released with UConn leading the way as No. Team NET/KenPom SOS/SOR Quad 1 Providence 55/53 51/37 5-6 Villanova 38/33 15/61 3-8 Seton Hall 61/56 53/35 5-5 Butler 62/58 3/48 3-11 St. John's 44/39 13/53 2-9 Spotlight on: St. John’s The Red Storm jumped five spots in the NET with Sunday’s 14-point home win …

2024 NCAA Tournament Bubble Watch: What the bracket reveal tells us about the bubble
1 year, 1 month ago

2024 NCAA Tournament Bubble Watch: What the bracket reveal tells us about the bubble

New York Times  

The full NCAA Tournament bracket has been released with UConn leading the way as No. There’s more ahead: Washington State at Arizona on Thursday and Wake vs. Duke, Ole Miss vs. South Carolina, Texas at Kansas, Cincinnati at TCU, Villanova at UConn and A&M at Tennessee this weekend. Team NET/KenPom SOS/SOR Quad 1 Butler 57/55 7/43 4-9 Providence 59/56 57/47 …

2024 NCAA Tournament Bubble Watch: Searching for ‘bubble sleepers’ and more locks
1 year, 1 month ago

2024 NCAA Tournament Bubble Watch: Searching for ‘bubble sleepers’ and more locks

New York Times  

The full NCAA Tournament bracket has been released with UConn leading the way as No. Big East Team NET/KenPom SOS/SOR Quad 1 Butler 50/49 7/35 4-8 Providence 58/54 38/46 4-6 Villanova 39/33 15/68 3-6 St. John's 48/41 9/60 2-9 Seton Hall 75/70 45/54 4-5 Spotlight On: Providence Huge win on Tuesday, 75-72 over St. John’s, in a game the Friars …

2024 NCAA Tournament Bubble Watch: Did the Big 12 game the system?
1 year, 1 month ago

2024 NCAA Tournament Bubble Watch: Did the Big 12 game the system?

New York Times  

The full NCAA Tournament bracket has been released with UConn leading the way as No. As we approach March, it’s worth keeping an eye on Big 12 bubble teams like Cincinnati, Oklahoma, Texas Tech and TCU — all with sub-275 NC SOS — and how they fair on Selection Sunday compared to other bubble teams with better NC SOS, like …

Georgia loses to Alabama: Predicting the College Football Playoff scenarios
1 year, 3 months ago

Georgia loses to Alabama: Predicting the College Football Playoff scenarios

New York Times  

The Athletic has live coverage of the College Football Playoff rankings selection show. Heading into championship weekend, eight teams — Georgia, Michigan, Washington, Oregon, Florida State, Texas, Alabama and Ohio State — can still reach the College Football Playoff. GO DEEPER Emerson: Georgia’s three-peat hopes depend on beating familiar nemesis Scenario 10: Alabama, Washington, Florida State and Oklahoma State win. …

NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: Bid thieves who might steal a bubble team’s dream
2 years ago

NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: Bid thieves who might steal a bubble team’s dream

New York Times  

Last month marked the 20th anniversary of the biggest and most brazen robbery of the century: the Antwerp diamond heist. Schools hoping to steal a 2023 NCAA Tournament bid don’t have to go to the same exaggerated lengths as The School of Turin; they just have to win their conference tournaments. Though the Aggies are 1-4 against the league’s three …

NCAA Tournament Bubble Watch: Duke, Arkansas and Missouri join the list of locks
2 years ago

NCAA Tournament Bubble Watch: Duke, Arkansas and Missouri join the list of locks

New York Times  

Ahem: We might have been a little premature in locking Illinois. The difference is that Oklahoma State’s metrics are worse — from the NET on down, but also the noncon SOS — and the Cowboys lost to Virginia Tech, UCF and at home to Southern Illinois. Pac-12 Were you so inclined, you could go back and grind tape of UCLA’s …

NCAA Tournament Bubble Watch: Illinois is up, UNC is down and Michigan is (maybe) back
2 years, 1 month ago

NCAA Tournament Bubble Watch: Illinois is up, UNC is down and Michigan is (maybe) back

New York Times  

Every win is its own win. Locks: Virginia, Miami Should be in: Duke, NC State Work to do: North Carolina, Pittsburgh Duke : The Blue Devils haven’t played since Monday night’s win over Louisville, so the read here remains the same: This team sheet remains pretty average, but Duke has been trending in a positive direction for much of the …

Defending champion Georgia vs. Cinderella TCU for CFP title
2 years, 2 months ago

Defending champion Georgia vs. Cinderella TCU for CFP title

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy After the best semifinal day …

CFP takeaways: Georgia faces a tougher than expected path
2 years, 3 months ago

CFP takeaways: Georgia faces a tougher than expected path

LA Times  

Georgia wide receiver Ladd McConkey, left, celebrates a touchdown with his teammates in the first half of the Southeastern Conference championship against LSU on Saturday in Atlanta. 3 Texas Christian, 12-1, in the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Ariz., also on New Year’s Eve at 1 p.m. Could Ohio State and Michigan pose serious challenges as Georgia pushes to repeat as …

Bubble Watch Live: Virginia Tech is in, and Memphis, Indiana, Texas A&M are all right there
3 years ago

Bubble Watch Live: Virginia Tech is in, and Memphis, Indiana, Texas A&M are all right there

New York Times  

Say it with us, say it all together, say it loud and proud, and most of all say it in your best Martin Tyler vocal approximation: And it’s live! But because 1) Virginia Tech was a good team with a bad team sheet, one good enough to play in the NCAA Tournament but without the wins to show for it, …

BUBBLE WATCH: Michigan-Indiana game critical for both teams
3 years ago

BUBBLE WATCH: Michigan-Indiana game critical for both teams

Associated Press  

A look at Thursday for bubble teams chasing NCAA Tournament bids: GAME OF THE DAY Michigan coach Juwan Howard returns from a five-game suspension as the Wolverines face Indiana at Indianapolis in a Big Ten Tournament game with major ramifications for both teams. That marked assistant coach Phil Martelli’s last game filling in for Howard, who was suspended after his …

Bubble Watch: Illinois and the problem with extremely weird circumstances
3 years, 1 month ago

Bubble Watch: Illinois and the problem with extremely weird circumstances

New York Times  

Kofi Cockburn returned from a concussion Saturday afternoon, and just in time: Illinois needed every bit of his 22 points to survive at Northwestern, 59-56, in 65 possessions. Michigan State : Speaking of monitoring absences, would the committee have noted Illinois’s absences had the Spartans come out of Champaign with a road win last week? The good news is that …

Bracket Watch: Kansas, UCLA or Wisconsin for the fourth No. 1 seed? And have the computers betrayed us?
3 years, 1 month ago

Bracket Watch: Kansas, UCLA or Wisconsin for the fourth No. 1 seed? And have the computers betrayed us?

New York Times  

Today is Jan. 28, celebrated at Bracket Watch HQ as the birthday of Kentucky legend and 1996 Final Four MOP Tony Delk. Kansas UCLA Wisconsin NET 7 12 19 KenPom 9 10 26 Sagarin 3 11 20 T-Rank 7 10 23 SOS 1 56 19 Record 17-2 15-2 16-3 Road 4-1 5-0 4-1 Q1 6-1 3-1 5-2 Q2 4-1 4-1 …

Championship picks: Georgia over Tide, Michigan over Iowa
3 years, 3 months ago

Championship picks: Georgia over Tide, Michigan over Iowa

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The Horned Frogs were third in the final rankings, blew out an Iowa State team that did not win a Big 12 game that season but ended up out after Ohio State won the Big Ten title against Wisconsin. Back then there was no Big 12 …

2021 NCAA Tournament: Chantel Jennings picks her entire March Madness bracket
4 years ago

2021 NCAA Tournament: Chantel Jennings picks her entire March Madness bracket

New York Times  

How did we get here and where are we going? After seeing how emotional Jenna Staiti was during media availability after Georgia’s loss in the SEC title game, I know she’s going to come into this tournament with a full head of steam. And the potential matchup of her and Cameron Brink in the Elite Eight could, sadly, involve the …

The NCAA Tournament bubble is not as bad as it used to be: Bracket Watch
4 years, 1 month ago

The NCAA Tournament bubble is not as bad as it used to be: Bracket Watch

New York Times  

“Thin line between heaven and here.” – Bubbles, Season 1 of “The Wire.” The gap between just making the NCAA Tournament and just missing out has forever been slight. • Still no word on region names, so we’ll continue with our whimsical Hoosier State monikers another week. Larry Bird Region Seed Team 1 Gonzaga* 16 Appalachian State*/Coppin State* 8 Florida …

Bubble Watch: Is Murray State for real?
6 years ago

Bubble Watch: Is Murray State for real?

New York Times  

Here’s a peek behind the curtain: On the morning of Feb. 12, The Athletic’s college basketball executive editor, Hugh Kellenberger, had just finished editing the latest edition of the Watch. N.C. State : On Tuesday, the Watch wrote that “What Kevin Keatts’ team has done — even if it has fallen short in most of its top-end opportunities — is …

The Fieldhouse Bracket Watch: Time for bubble teams to stake their claim
7 years ago

The Fieldhouse Bracket Watch: Time for bubble teams to stake their claim

New York Times  

Editor’s Note: Updated to reflect Tuesday night’s results. • Arizona State : The Sun Devils notched huge early wins over Xavier and at Kansas but finished 8-10 in the Pac-12, losing four of their last five. * — Denotes projected conference champion, automatic berth; bold indicates conference champion, automatic berth Seed Team Location 1 Virginia* 16 LIU-Brooklyn/Texas So. * Charlotte …

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