2024 NCAA Tournament Bubble Watch: Who’s playing waiting game on Selection Sunday?
1 year ago

2024 NCAA Tournament Bubble Watch: Who’s playing waiting game on Selection Sunday?

New York Times  

The full NCAA Tournament bracket has been released with UConn leading the way as No. I have 14 teams playing the waiting game for five at-large spots: Virginia, Pitt, Wake Forest, Michigan State, Oklahoma, Kansas State, Seton Hall, St. John’s, Providence, Villanova, Colorado, Texas A&M, Florida Atlantic and Indiana State. Big Ten Automatic qualifier: Illinois Locks: Purdue, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Nebraska Waiting game: Michigan State Team NET/KenPom SOS/SOR Quad 1 Michigan State 24/19 14/49 3-9 Movement: Michigan State, one of the most divisive teams all season in terms of its metrics, is almost certainly in the NCAA Tournament as an at-large after Friday’s loss to Purdue. Pac-12 Automatic qualifier: Oregon Locks: Arizona, Washington State Waiting game: Colorado Team NET/KenPom SOS/SOR Quad 1 Colorado 25/27 81/30 4-5 Movement: It’s off to the waiting game for Colorado. Others Locks: Dayton, Gonzaga Waiting game: Indiana State, Florida Atlantic Automatic qualifiers: Morehead State, Longwood, Stetson, Drake, James Madison, Samford, Charleston, Wagner, Oakland, Saint Mary's, South Dakota State, McNeese State, Colgate, Montana State, Howard, Akron, Saint Peters, Western Kentucky, Long Beach State, Grambling State, Grand Canyon, Yale, Duquesne, UAB Team NET/KenPom SOS/SOR Quad 1 FAU 39/41 99/28 2-2 Indiana State 29/45 130/42 1-4 Movement: Temple’s win over FAU guarantees another bid thief in the AAC, with Temple facing UAB on Sunday.

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Men’s college basketball bubble watch: Who’s sweating as championship week begins?
3 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?
3 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, …

Week 13’s top 10 college football games: Indiana-Ohio State, Army-Notre Dame and Big 12 battles
4 months, 1 week ago

Week 13’s top 10 college football games: Indiana-Ohio State, Army-Notre Dame and Big 12 battles

New York Times  

With two weeks remaining in the regular season, the schedule is brimming with conference championship and College Football Playoff implications, including undefeated underdogs, a crowded SEC race, potential chaos in the Big 12 and a top-five Big Ten clash between Indiana and Ohio State. While still mathematically alive in the Big Ten race, it’s doubtful Penn State will sneak into …

College Football Playoff Bubble Watch: Oregon’s win over Ohio State comes with a bonus
5 months, 2 weeks 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 …

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 — …

2024 NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: New Mexico’s in, Indiana State is out
1 year ago

2024 NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: New Mexico’s in, Indiana State is out

New York Times  

Usually, right around this time, we find ourselves saying, “Do any of these bubble teams actually want to play in the NCAA Tournament?” Not this season. • New Mexico, which beat Boise State in the Mountain West tournament for its fourth Q1 win after entering the day 25th in the NET. Meanwhile, three teams in our First Four — Virginia, …

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: 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 …

2024 NCAA Tournament Bubble Watch: Only 6 teams locked into wide-open field as February looms
1 year, 2 months ago

2024 NCAA Tournament Bubble Watch: Only 6 teams locked into wide-open field as February looms

New York Times  

The phrase “on the bubble” is believed to have originated with auto racing, particularly the Indianapolis 500, where the final day of qualifying is known as “Bump Day” or “Bubble Day,” and drivers in danger of getting bumped from the starting field by faster times are deemed “on the bubble.” By the late 1980s, the term caught on in college …

2024 NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: Lean times for the ACC — at least for now
1 year, 2 months ago

2024 NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: Lean times for the ACC — at least for now

New York Times  

A dozen years ago, researchers at a Danish pharmaceutical company developed a diabetes treatment called semaglutide. It’s not enough to get off the bubble yet, especially since they lost to Georgia, LSU, Florida State and NC State, and one of their most notable wins came against … • Miami. The Hokies have been on the edge of our field thanks …

With college football realignment, we’re once again asking, ‘What. Is. Happening?’
1 year, 8 months ago

With college football realignment, we’re once again asking, ‘What. Is. Happening?’

New York Times  

Is anyone else having a serious case of realignment deja vu? In the meantime, during the span of a few hours Wednesday, reports emerged that the Big Ten is exploring adding more West Coast schools, and Florida State’s president openly threatened that his school might leave the ACC. The earthquake that began when Texas and Oklahoma left the Big 12 …

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 …

‘Some people ought to be ashamed’: UCLA’s Mick Cronin says experts slept on Pac-12
4 years ago

‘Some people ought to be ashamed’: UCLA’s Mick Cronin says experts slept on Pac-12

LA Times  

UCLA guard Tyger Campbell drives past BYU guard Connor Harding during the second half of a first-round game in the NCAA tournament in Indianapolis on Saturday. Basketball fans on the East Coast who miss Pac-12 games because they stretch past the closures of Taco Bell drive-throughs were probably already slumbering when UCLA coach Mick Cronin essentially said experts who dismissed …

NCAA tournament bracket picks: J. Brady McCollough’s prediction for every game
4 years ago

NCAA tournament bracket picks: J. Brady McCollough’s prediction for every game

LA Times  

USC’s Evan Mobley controls the ball during a win over Utah in the Pac-12 tournament on Thursday. 16 Norfolk State Saturday, 6:20 p.m. TV: TBS Line: N/A Pick: The Bulldogs will be hungry to send a message to the field. 12 UC Santa Barbara Saturday, 12:30 p.m. TV: truTV Line: Creighton by 7. 11 Drake Saturday, 1:30 p.m. TV: TNT …

Pac-12 approves nonconference football games to make up for cancellations
4 years, 4 months ago

Pac-12 approves nonconference football games to make up for cancellations

LA Times  

With COVID-19 cases rising and wreaking havoc on college football schedules nationwide, the Pac-12 approved nonconference games Thursday, giving schools more flexibility in the event of possible cancellations due to the surging COVID-19 pandemic. The conference CEO group, which includes the presidents of all 12 member universities, approved nonconference opponents under three conditions: That all Pac-12 testing and related protocols …

Pac-12 Notebook: Could red-hot Utah play itself onto the bubble?
7 years, 1 month ago

Pac-12 Notebook: Could red-hot Utah play itself onto the bubble?

New York Times  

Every year, some team seemingly sneaks up late and catches folks by surprise as it works its way onto the bubble. Larry Krystkowiak’s team has won seven of its last nine, including a sweep of fellow bubble contender Washington, as well as a win at Arizona State. Two of the Utes’ three worst offensive games of the Pac-12 season came …

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