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33 New Mexico Sat vs 273 Air Force Q4-lost 77-78
34 Mississippi St Sat @ 84 LSU Q2-won 87-67
35 Boise St Sat @ 158 Wyoming Q3-won 92-72
36 Northwestern off until Wed
37 TCU Sat vs 45 Cincinnati Q2-won 75-57
38 Virginia Sat vs 10 North Carolina Q1-lost 44-54
39 Nebraska Sun vs 72 Minnesota Q2-won 73-55
40 Nevada Fri @ 241 San Jose St Q4-won 84-63
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41 Seton Hall Sat vs 62 Butler Q2-won 76-64
42 Providence off until Wed
43 Gonzaga Sat vs 104 Santa Clara Q3-won 94-81
44 Wake Forest Sat vs 12 Duke Q1-won 83-79
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69 Villanova Sat @ 4 UConn Q1-lost 54-78
70 Texas A&M Sat @ 6 Tennessee Q1-lost 51-86
71 Utah Sat @ 41 Colorado Q1-lost 65-89
72 Ole Miss Sat vs 58 South Carolina Q2-lost 59-72
73 Butler Sat @ 65 Seton Hall Q1-lost 64-76
74 Iowa Sat @ 16 Illinois Q1-lost 85-95
75 Drake Sat @ 122 Northern Iowa Q2-lost 77-91
76 Cincinnati Sat @ 37 TCU Q1-lost 57-75
77 Oregon Sat @ 117 Cal Q2-lost 64-69
78 Colorado Sat vs 46 Utah Q2-won 89-65
79 James Madison Sat @ 306 Ga Southern Q4-won 80-74
80 Pittsburgh Sat vs 51 Va Tech Q2-won 79-64
81 St John's Sun vs 9 Creighton Q1-won 80-66
82 Kansas St Sat vs 11 BYU Q1-won 84-74
83 Va Tech Sat @ 57 Pittsburgh Q1-lost 64-79
84 Memphis Sun vs 33 Florida Atlantic Q2-won 78-74

I think it's shocking to most of us that we even have a chance right now. Three tough road games at UConn, PC, and Hall and we close the year at home against Creighton. Cats probably need at least two - probably three wins. And then a win at MSG. It's a lot to ask, but not impossible.

Vill wrote:I think it's shocking to most of us that we even have a chance right now. Three tough road games at UConn, PC, and Hall and we close the year at home against Creighton. Cats probably need at least two - probably three wins. And then a win at MSG. It's a lot to ask, but not impossible.

it's sad with the really good wins you guys have 3 Quad 1 and 6 Quad 2 wins that you guys are even close to the bubble at all. Worse in Q3 and 4(6-3) than you are in Q2(6-2).

And as far as what you need- I think you need 2 wins out of those 4 you mentioned(and beat Georgetown obviously). As far as BET after that- just making the QF should be enough I think.

WF beating Duke not the result Big East teams wanted to see.

Air Force winning at New Mexico must be able to bring the Mountain West down, right?

billyjack wrote:Air Force winning at New Mexico must be able to bring the Mountain West down, right?

probably not. New Mexico far enough away from the cutline that it won't impact them much. Especially if Boise can win tonight.

with the absolute carnage today if St John's could somehow beat Creighton tomorrow, their bubble positioning would improve greatly.

Big East bubble teams aren’t getting the job done and they’ve had lots of opportunities. Butler went from looking pretty good to almost shot at all.

Omaha1 wrote:Big East bubble teams aren’t getting the job done and they’ve had lots of opportunities. Butler went from looking pretty good to almost shot at all.

Seton Hall has to me. After losing to Nova they last 2 weeks beaten Xavier, St John's, and Butler. Did what they needed to do.
Providence has to me. last 2 1/2 weeks they beat Creighton, St John's, and Xavier.

both have put themselves in a really good position.

Nova has a shot if they can beat both of them here late.

Butler, St John's, and Xavier have totally fallen apart.

Seton Hall has too many good wins. They are almost a lock to make the tourney at this point as long as they don't lose all of their remaining games. If they beat Creighton or UConn they not only get in but they get a favorable seed. Shaheen has proven himself to be a top line coach. Happy for him.

The Mountain West is getting 6 teams in, book it. I think Big East gets 5 in. None of Nova, SJU, Xavier or Butler deserve to be in the tourney at this point IMO.