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Going to make this more of a tourney watch since 6/7 teams are all extremely safe....
1 Auburn Sat vs Texas A&M-won 75-58
2 Gonzaga Sat vs Saint Mary's-won 74-58
3 Kentucky Sat vs Florida-won 78-57
4 Kansas Sat vs Oklahoma-won 71-69
5 Purdue Sun vs Maryland-won 62-61
6 Arizona Sat @ Washington-won 92-68
7 Baylor Sat vs Texas-won 80-63
8 Wisconsin Sat vs Rutgers-lost 65-73
9 Duke Sat @ BC-won 72-61
10 UCLA Sat @ USC-lost 64-67
11 Providence Sat vs DePaul-won 76-73
12 Texas Tech Sat vs TCU-won 82-69
13 Houston Sat vs Memphis-lost 59-69
14 Illinois Sun vs Northwestern-won 73-66
15 Texas Sat @ Baylor-lost 63-80
16 Marquette Sat @ Butler-lost 79-85
17 Villanova Sat vs Seton Hall-won 73-67
18 Michigan St Sat vs Indiana-won 76-61
19 Tennessee Sat vs Vanderbilt-won 73-64
20 Ohio St Sat @ Michigan-won 68-57
21 Arkansas Sat @ Alabama-lost 67-68
22 Alabama Sat vs Arkansas-won 68-67
23 LSU Sat vs Miss St-won 69-65
24 UConn Fri @ Xavier-lost 68-74 Sun @ St John's-won 63-60
25 Xavier Fri vs UConn- won 74-68
26 Seton Hall Sat @ Villanova-lost 67-73
27 TCU Sat @ Texas Tech-lost 69-82
28 USC Sat vs UCLA-won 67-64
29 Indiana Sat @ Michigan St-lost 61-76
30 Iowa Sun vs Nebraska-won 98-75
31 Wyoming Sat @ San Jose St-won 74-52
32 Colorado St Fri vs Fresno St-won 65-50 Sun @ Boise St-won 77-74
33 Boise St Fri vs UNLV-won 69-63 Sun vs Colorado St-lost 74-77
34 Wake Forest Sat vs Miami-lost 72-76
35 Iowa St Sat vs Kansas St-lost 69-75
36 Saint Mary's Sat @ Gonzaga-lost 58-74
37 Notre Dame Sat @ Clemson-won 76-61
38 Oklahoma Sat @ Kansas-lost 69-71
39 Miami Sat @ Wake Forest-won 76-72
40 Oregon Sat vs California-lost 64-78
41 Murray St(auto) Sat @ Morehead St-won 57-53
42 San Francisco Sat @ Santa Clara-won 74-58
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43 Loyola-Chicago Sun vs Northern Iowa-won 85-58
44 Davidson(auto) Sat @ Rhode Island-lost 65-72
45 Creighton Sat @ Georgetown-won 80-66
46 BYU Sat @ Pepperdine-won 91-85
47 North Carolina Sat vs Florida St-won 94-74
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69 Michigan Sat vs Ohio St-lost 57-68
70 West Virginia Sat @ Oklahoma St-lost 58-81
71 Florida Sat @ Kentucky-lost 57-78
72 San Diego St Sat vs Air Force-won 76-64
73 Mississippi St Sat @ LSU-lost 65-69
74 SMU Sat @ East Carolina-won 80-66
75 Memphis Sat @ Houston-won 69-59
76 Virginia Sat vs Georgia Tech-won 63-53
77 Belmont Sat @ SE Missouri St-won 81-72
78 Saint Louis Fri vs St Bonaventure-lost 61-68
79 Stanford Sat @ Oregon St-won 76-65
80 Rutgers Sat @ Wisconsin-won 73-65

Auto teams:
48 North Texas(auto) Sat @ Rice-won 67-44
49 Iona(auto) Fri @ Siena-lost 64-70 Sun vs Monmouth-won 70-62
50 Toledo(auto) Sat @ No Illinois-won 100-72
51 New Mexico St(auto) Sat @ Utah Valley-lost 68-72
52 Chattanooga(auto) Sat @ Furman-won 64-58
53 South Dakota St(auto) Sat vs Omaha-won 82-61
54 Vermont(auto) Sat @ Albany-won 76-63
55 Northern Iowa(auto) Sun @ Loyola Chicago-lost 58-85
56 Wagner(auto) Sat vs Merrimack-lost 65-80
57 Liberty(auto) Sat @ Jacksonville-lost 69-73
58 Montana St(auto) Sat vs Northern Arizona-won 72-70
59 Cleveland St(auto) Sat vs IUPUI-won 83-45
60 Yale(auto) Sat @ Columbia-won 84-59
61 Appalachian St(auto) Sat vs Georgia St-lost 49-58
62 Long Beach St(auto) off this weekend
63 Longwood(auto) Sat @ NC A&T-lost 62-70
64 Colgate(auto) Sat @ Loyola(Md)-won 64-56
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65 UNC Wilmington(auto) Sat vs Charleston-won 85-79
66 Norfolk St(auto) Sat vs UMES-won 70-63
67 Southern(auto) Sat @ Prairie View-lost 77-84
68 New Orleans(auto) Sat vs Incarnate Word-won 84-57

Wow. The Dons of USF may make it in...after all these years.

Where's the Mountain Hawks? I don't see my Mountain Hawks.

Youse got a problem with the Patriot League???

gtmoBlue wrote:Wow. The Dons of USF may make it in...after all these years.

Where's the Mountain Hawks? I don't see my Mountain Hawks.

Youse got a problem with the Patriot League???

because I'm a man of the people, I added it for you.

So 1 thing looking- Loyola plays Northern Iowa on Sunday. I think either Loyola wins- and then would take back the auto bid or Northern Iowa wins- and Loyola would be below the cutline. Either way, there would be an extra at-large spot come Monday.

gtmoBlue wrote:Wow. The Dons of USF may make it in...after all these years.

Where's the Mountain Hawks? I don't see my Mountain Hawks.

Youse got a problem with the Patriot League???

I've always been a huge USF Dons fan. Besides Gonzaga, if the Dons went on a multi-year run, they would be the only WCC team that would be a good candidate for expansion... history, big destination city, near an NBA arena...

billyjack wrote:

gtmoBlue wrote:Wow. The Dons of USF may make it in...after all these years.

Where's the Mountain Hawks? I don't see my Mountain Hawks.

Youse got a problem with the Patriot League???

I've always been a huge USF Dons fan. Besides Gonzaga, if the Dons went on a multi-year run, they would be the only WCC team that would be a good candidate for expansion... history, big destination city, near an NBA arena...

I think if USF can split with Santa Clara and St Mary's on the road(either one a Q1 win) and avoid the bad loss @ Pacific, @ San Diego and then in the conference tournament- I think USF is in really good shape this year. Looks like they might finish 4th and so might not even have a shot at a bad loss- would be set up to play BYU in the QF.

stever20 wrote:I think if USF can split with Santa Clara and St Mary's on the road(either one a Q1 win) and avoid the bad loss @ Pacific, @ San Diego and then in the conference tournament- I think USF is in really good shape this year. Looks like they might finish 4th and so might not even have a shot at a bad loss- would be set up to play BYU in the QF.

It shouldn't be this easy. Creighton has 3 better wins (Nova, @Marquette, @UCONN) than best wins from SF, BYU, and St. Mary's resume put together, without any Q4 loss (SF and BYU has one each), not to mention they crushed BYU on neutral court, yet they're in more precarious position and below those 3 teams in most brackets...

kayako wrote:

stever20 wrote:I think if USF can split with Santa Clara and St Mary's on the road(either one a Q1 win) and avoid the bad loss @ Pacific, @ San Diego and then in the conference tournament- I think USF is in really good shape this year. Looks like they might finish 4th and so might not even have a shot at a bad loss- would be set up to play BYU in the QF.

It shouldn't be this easy. Creighton has 3 better wins (Nova, @Marquette, @UCONN) than best wins from SF, BYU, and St. Mary's resume put together, without any Q4 loss (SF and BYU has one each), not to mention they crushed BYU on neutral court, yet they're in more precarious position and below those 3 teams in most brackets...

I think Creighton is they only have 4 Q1/2 wins vs 6 for Saint Mary's/San Francisco and 8 for BYU.

That loss to Arizona St really holding them back probably.

Also would say at least with Bracketville and Lunardi- they have Creighton ahead of BYU at least...

It's really in Creighton's hands. If they can win these next 3 easier games- h2h with Georgetown and @ DePaul- they really only need 2 more wins to feel I think really comfortable.

Rumors that freshman Arthur Kaluma could miss multiple games after hyperextending his knee against Butler on Tuesday. Huge blow to our chances to finish strong and earn an NCAA bid. Kaluma has started every game this year and has played his best basketball recently.

Also, Mac confirmed that junior guard Shereef Mitchell is likely done for the year and seldom used freshman John Christofilus broke his foot and is done for the year. Mitchell has been out since early this season, but was the returning player with the most experience coming into the season.

Sucks.

Omaha1 wrote:Rumors that freshman Arthur Kaluma could miss multiple games after hyperextending his knee against Butler on Tuesday. Huge blow to our chances to finish strong and earn an NCAA bid. Kaluma has started every game this year and has played his best basketball recently.

Also, Mac confirmed that junior guard Shereef Mitchell is likely done for the year and seldom used freshman John Christofilus broke his foot and is done for the year. Mitchell has been out since early this season, but was the returning player with the most experience coming into the season.

Sucks.

If there are any 2 games you'd think he'd be able to miss and you'd get away with it- it's the 2 coming up with Georgetown.

stever20 wrote:

Omaha1 wrote:Rumors that freshman Arthur Kaluma could miss multiple games after hyperextending his knee against Butler on Tuesday. Huge blow to our chances to finish strong and earn an NCAA bid. Kaluma has started every game this year and has played his best basketball recently.

Also, Mac confirmed that junior guard Shereef Mitchell is likely done for the year and seldom used freshman John Christofilus broke his foot and is done for the year. Mitchell has been out since early this season, but was the returning player with the most experience coming into the season.

Sucks.

If there are any 2 games you'd think he'd be able to miss and you'd get away with it- it's the 2 coming up with Georgetown.

Two of these games are make ups. That really sucks.