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  Saturday, March 12, 2005

The Bubble Watch, (updated @ 9:17 pm, est)
By Drew Barnette

CLICK href=/profile//> HERE href=/profile//> TO href=/profile//> SEE href=/profile//> THE href=/profile//> BRACKET


This href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> updated href=/profile//> throughout href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> day, href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> sure href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> check href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> periodically. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> bracket href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> updated. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> am href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> impressed href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> anyone href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> #11 href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> #12 href=/profile//> line. href=/profile//> Strong href=/profile//> cases href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> made href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> leaving href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> out. href=/profile//> It's href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> behind href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> aren't href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> better. href=/profile//>

9:17 href=/profile//> pm href=/profile//> est:

Buffalo href=/profile//> blew href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> 19 href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> half href=/profile//> lead, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> eventually href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> overtime href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> tip href=/profile//> in. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> look, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> now href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> don't href=/profile//> foresee href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> in. href=/profile//> href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> yet href=/profile//> another href=/profile//> heart-stopping href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> Buffalo href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> chance href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> regulation, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> missed href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> final href=/profile//> seconds. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> hit href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> shot href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> 11 href=/profile//> secs href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> go href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> put href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> one, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> Ohio href=/profile//> drove href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> scored href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> winner.

What href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> crazy href=/profile//> crazy href=/profile//> day. href=/profile//> Boise href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> currently href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> 13-12 href=/profile//> lead href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> UTEP. href=/profile//> If href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> that, href=/profile//> pigs href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> fly. href=/profile//> One href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> wonder href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> reaction href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> committee href=/profile//> is. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> seems href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> though href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> bubble href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> getting href=/profile//> bigger href=/profile//> rather href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> smaller, href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> makes href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> job href=/profile//> harder. href=/profile//>

href=/profile//>

8:25 href=/profile//> pm href=/profile//> est:

George href=/profile//> Washington href=/profile//> defeated href=/profile//> Saint href=/profile//> Joseph's href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Atlantic href=/profile//> Ten href=/profile//> championship, href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> obviously href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> now href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> bubble href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament. href=/profile//>

Buffalo href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> nine href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> lead href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> ohio href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> about href=/profile//> 12 href=/profile//> minutes href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> go. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> dominant href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> game, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> lead href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> slipping href=/profile//> away. href=/profile//> If href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> win, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> bubble href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> dance href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well. href=/profile//>

Earlier href=/profile//> today href=/profile//> Delaware href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> MEAC href=/profile//> championship href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> clinch href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> bid. href=/profile//>

Also, href=/profile//> Louisville href=/profile//> knocked href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> Memphis href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> exciting href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> week, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> based href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> we've href=/profile//> seen href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> week, href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> bold href=/profile//> statement, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> no href=/profile//> understatement. href=/profile//> More href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> itself href=/profile//> later, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> means href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> bubble href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> make href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> field href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> Memphis href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> consideration.


7:40 href=/profile//> pm href=/profile//> est:

-I href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> taken href=/profile//> DePaul href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> put href=/profile//> UAB href=/profile//> in. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> similar href=/profile//> profiles, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> UAB href=/profile//> defeated href=/profile//> DePaul href=/profile//> twice href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> weeks href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season, href=/profile//> including href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> C-USA href=/profile//> quarterfinals. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> honestly href=/profile//> wouldn't href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> surprised href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> DePaul href=/profile//> got href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> UAB href=/profile//> didn't, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> now, href=/profile//> UAB href=/profile//> appears href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> leg href=/profile//> up. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> thing href=/profile//> UAB href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> missing href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> high href=/profile//> quality href=/profile//> win. href=/profile//> DePaul href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Cincinnati, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> home href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> have. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> fact href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> UAB href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> head href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> head href=/profile//> twice href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> end href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> give href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> edge. href=/profile//> If href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> change href=/profile//> my href=/profile//> mind href=/profile//> again, href=/profile//> I'll href=/profile//> let href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> know.


3:11 href=/profile//> pm href=/profile//> est:

Indiana, href=/profile//> Miami href=/profile//> OH, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> George href=/profile//> Washington href=/profile//> (who href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> know href=/profile//> I've href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> outspoken href=/profile//> against) href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> outside href=/profile//> right href=/profile//> now. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> actually href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> Indiana href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> deserving href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> in, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> don't href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> committee href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> put href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> in, href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> why href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> didn't. href=/profile//>

Right href=/profile//> now, href=/profile//> I'm href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> focused href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> field. href=/profile//> I'll href=/profile//> worry href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> about href=/profile//> seeding href=/profile//> later href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> tonight.

stay href=/profile//> tuned...



DEPAUL:

Good:
-win href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Cincinnati

Fair:
-RPI href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 52
-old href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 57
-SOS href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 86
-5-5 href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> ten href=/profile//> games
-tied href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> fourth href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> C-USA

Bad:
-4-7 href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> road href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> no href=/profile//> quality href=/profile//> wins
-4 href=/profile//> losses href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> outside href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 100
-lost href=/profile//> twice href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> UAB href=/profile//> head href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> head

DePaul href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> lock href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> beaten href=/profile//> UAB href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> tourney href=/profile//> quarterfinals. href=/profile//> For href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> matter, href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> beaten href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> during href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> regular href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> avoided href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> many href=/profile//> losses href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> outside href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 100 href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> safer href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> right href=/profile//> now.



SAINT href=/profile//> MARY'S:

Good:
-RPI href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 30
-old href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 38
-win href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Gonzaga
-9-4 href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> road

Fair:
-7-3 href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> ten href=/profile//> games
-SOS href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 97
-1-3 href=/profile//> vs href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 100

Bad:
-5 href=/profile//> losses href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> outside href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 100 href=/profile//> (several href=/profile//> due href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> injury href=/profile//> though)
-did href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> regular href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> title

I href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> in, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> there href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> strikes href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> them. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> stretch href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> important. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> may href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> sweating href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> little href=/profile//> bit href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> stretch href=/profile//> though.



MINNESOTA:

Good:
-RPI href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 40
-old href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 31
-wins href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Wisconsin
-7-3 href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> ten href=/profile//> games

Fair:
-SOS href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 67
-5-4 href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> road
-2-6 href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 50

Bad:
-2 href=/profile//> losses href=/profile//> outside href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 100

After href=/profile//> looking href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> profile, href=/profile//> there href=/profile//> isn't href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> whole href=/profile//> lot href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> bubble href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> believe href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> safely href=/profile//> in, href=/profile//> especially href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Indiana href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Big href=/profile//> Ten href=/profile//> quarterfinals.



NORTH href=/profile//> CAROLINA href=/profile//> STATE:

Good:
-win href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Wake href=/profile//> Forest
-4 href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 50 href=/profile//> wins

Fair:
-RPI href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 59
-old href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 50
-SOS href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 50
-6-4 href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> ten href=/profile//> games

Bad:
-3 href=/profile//> losses href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> outside href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 100
-finished href=/profile//> 7-9 href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> play

I href=/profile//> believe href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Wake href=/profile//> Forest href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> quarters href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> enough href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> in, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Duke href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> ice href=/profile//> it. href=/profile//>



NOTRE href=/profile//> DAME:

Good:
-4 href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 50 href=/profile//> including href=/profile//> high href=/profile//> quality href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Boston href=/profile//> College href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Connecticut

Fair:
-9-7 href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> play
-4-7 href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 50
-SOS href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 67

Bad:
-4-6 href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> ten href=/profile//> games
-RPI href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 73
-old href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 59
-2 href=/profile//> losses href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> outside href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 100

The href=/profile//> bad href=/profile//> things href=/profile//> about href=/profile//> Notre href=/profile//> Dame href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> bad. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> high href=/profile//> quality href=/profile//> wins, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> none href=/profile//> came href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> road. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Irish href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> victims href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> several href=/profile//> close href=/profile//> calls href=/profile//> during href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> Had href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> those href=/profile//> gone href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> they'd href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> shape. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> wouldn't href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> surprised href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> make href=/profile//> it.



MARYLAND:

Good:
-2 href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Duke
-SOS href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 18

Fair:
-only href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> loss href=/profile//> outside href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 100
-RPI href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 51
-old href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 44
-3-4 href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 50

Bad:
-16-12 href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season
-2-7 href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> road
-3-7 href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> ten href=/profile//> games
-7-9 href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> play

Most href=/profile//> seasons, href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> resume href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> even href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> consideration, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> there href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> gaping href=/profile//> holes href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> bubble href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> If href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> terps href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> in, href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Duke. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> haven't href=/profile//> done href=/profile//> anything href=/profile//> else. href=/profile//>



MIAMI href=/profile//> OH:

Good:
-won href=/profile//> regular href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> division href=/profile//> title

Fair:
-RPI href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 42
-2 href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 50
-SOS href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 82

Bad:
-3 href=/profile//> losses href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> outside href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 100
-2 href=/profile//> losses href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> outside href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 200
-5-9 href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> road

Once href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> corrections href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> made href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> how href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> being href=/profile//> calculated, href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> appeared href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> wasn't href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> nearly href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> shape href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> we href=/profile//> thought. href=/profile//> Not href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> worse href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> we href=/profile//> thought, href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> quality href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> eliminated. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> out. href=/profile//>



INDIANA:

Good:
-SOS href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 10
-wins href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Michigan href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Wisconsin
-4 href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 50 href=/profile//> wins

Fair:
-RPI href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 54
-old href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 48
-6-4 href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> ten href=/profile//> games

Bad:
-2-9 href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> road
-lost href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> Minnesota href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Big href=/profile//> Ten href=/profile//> quarterfinals
-15-13 href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season

This href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> literally href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> away href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> getting href=/profile//> in. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> may href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> look, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> now href=/profile//> I'd href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> say href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> out.



UTEP:

Good:
-RPI href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 34
-old href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 34
-win href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> Nevada

Fair:
-7-4 href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> road
-8-2 href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> ten href=/profile//> games
-1-4 href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 50 href=/profile//>

Bad:
-did href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> regular href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> championship
-3 href=/profile//> losses href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> outside href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 100
-1 href=/profile//> loss href=/profile//> outside href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 200

This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> interesting href=/profile//> case. href=/profile//> If href=/profile//> UTEP href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> championship href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> sure href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> automatic href=/profile//> bid. href=/profile//> If href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> lose, href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> additional href=/profile//> bad href=/profile//> loss href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> resume href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> may href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> enough href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> knock href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> out. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> thing href=/profile//> is, href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> Nevada href=/profile//> they'd href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> regardless. href=/profile//> If href=/profile//> tonight's href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> cancelled, href=/profile//> they'd href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> in. href=/profile//> However, href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> lose href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> out. href=/profile//> Go href=/profile//> figure. href=/profile//>






NORTHERN href=/profile//> IOWA:

Good:
-RPI href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 39
-old href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 42
-4 href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 50

Fair:
-6-7 href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> road
-7-3 href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> ten href=/profile//> games
-SOS href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 75
-win href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Iowa href=/profile//> State

Bad:
-did href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> regular href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> championship
-3 href=/profile//> losses href=/profile//> outside href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 100
-1 href=/profile//> loss href=/profile//> outside href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 200

They href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> looks, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> don't href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> they've href=/profile//> done href=/profile//> enough href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> large. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> close href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> beating href=/profile//> Cincinnati href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Iowa href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> conference. href=/profile//> Had href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> done href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> in. href=/profile//>



SOUTHWEST href=/profile//> MISSOURI href=/profile//> STATE:

Good:
-2 href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Southern href=/profile//> Illinois
-5 href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 50

Fair:
-6-7 href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> road
-RPI href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 50
-old href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 55
-SOS href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 62
-7-3 href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> ten href=/profile//> games

Bad:
-did href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> regular href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> championship
-2 href=/profile//> losses href=/profile//> outside href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 100
-1 href=/profile//> loss href=/profile//> outside href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 200

I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> somewhat href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> look, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> enough href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> in. href=/profile//> Still, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> consideration href=/profile//> board. href=/profile//>



GEORGE href=/profile//> WASHINGTON:

Good:
-won href=/profile//> regular href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> division href=/profile//> title
-win href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Michigan href=/profile//> State

Fair:
-RPI href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 64
-old href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 68
-8-2 href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> ten href=/profile//> games
-win href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Maryland

Bad:
-SOS href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 163
-just href=/profile//> 2 href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 100 href=/profile//> wins
-4 href=/profile//> losses href=/profile//> outside href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 100

The href=/profile//> fact href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> division href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> Michigan href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> consideration, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> chances href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> they'll href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> championship href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> in. href=/profile//>



IOWA:

Good:
-2 href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 25
-7 href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 50
-RPI href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 35
-old href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 32
-SOS href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 44
-5-1 href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> neutral href=/profile//> floors

Fair:
-6-4 href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> ten href=/profile//> games

Bad:
-3 href=/profile//> losses href=/profile//> outside href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 100
-3-6 href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> road
-7-9 href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> play
-Games href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> weighted href=/profile//> less href=/profile//> heavily href=/profile//> since href=/profile//> Pierre href=/profile//> Pierce href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> dismissed

I href=/profile//> believe href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Wisconsin href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Big href=/profile//> Ten href=/profile//> semifinals href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> put href=/profile//> Iowa href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> dance. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> finish href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> behind href=/profile//> Indiana, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> standings href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> important, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> there href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> awful href=/profile//> lot href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> things href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> offset href=/profile//> that. href=/profile//> Also, href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Wisconsin href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> show href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> continue href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> impressive href=/profile//> rate href=/profile//> without href=/profile//> Pierre href=/profile//> Pierce



UAB:

Fair:
-beat href=/profile//> DePaul href=/profile//> twice href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> tied href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> standings, href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> leg href=/profile//> up.
-5-5 href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> ten href=/profile//> games
-7-5 href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> road
-RPI href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 49
-old href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 52

Bad:
-zero href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 50
-5 href=/profile//> losses href=/profile//> outside href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 100
-1 href=/profile//> loss href=/profile//> outside href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 200
-SOS href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 93

Not href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> whole href=/profile//> lot href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> things href=/profile//> about href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> A href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Louisville href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> semifinals href=/profile//> may href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> enough href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> put href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> in, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> chances href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> now. href=/profile//>



BUFFALO:

Good:
-9-1 href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> ten href=/profile//> games
-no href=/profile//> losses href=/profile//> outside href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 100

Fair:
-RPI href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 44
-old href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 49
-1-4 href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 50
-8-6 href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> road

Bad:
-SOS href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 112
-did href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> regular href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> division href=/profile//> championship

I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> fact href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> Buffalo href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> division href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> work href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> them. href=/profile//> Still, href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> knock href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> Ohio href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> championship href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> dance href=/profile//> regardless. href=/profile//>



NEW href=/profile//> MEXICO:

Good:
-win href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Utah
-9-1 href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> ten href=/profile//> games

Fair:
-5-5 href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> road

Bad:
-RPI href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 87
-old href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 92
-SOS href=/profile//> = href=/profile//> 258
-just href=/profile//> 3 href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 100
-3 href=/profile//> losses href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> outside href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 100
-1 href=/profile//> loss href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> outside href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 200

Some href=/profile//> people href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> projecting href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> in, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> need href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> championship href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Utah.

 
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