Bubble talk: Feb 27
In & Trending up
Wake Forest– The Deacons won at Duke over the weekend and now have 2 quad 1 wins. Florida moving to 30 in the NET helps Wake Forest in Quad 1- They will need a few more wins to be safe
Nebraska – Nebraska has won 4 games in a row including a win at Indiana, and home against Michigan, Penn State, and Minnesota. Nebraska has one quad 1 game coming up at Ohio State that will really boost their resume. We currently have them sitting at a 9 seed.
In & Trending down
Virginia – The Cavaliers have lost 2 in a row at Virginia Tech and home against North Carolina. They are now in our final four in. They play at Duke Saturday and getting that win could keep them in the tournament or put them higher.
Michigan State – Michigan State has lost back to back home games, both resulting in quad 2 loses. Michigan State has to play at Purdue for their next game and home against Northwestern. They have a NET 24, which is what is keeping them in our 8 seed line.
Out & Trending up
Providence – Providence has won 3 games in a row with one of them being a quad 1 win at Xavier. They have a tough game coming up at Marquette that can really boost their chances of getting in the tournament if they win that.
Colorado – Colorado has won 2 games in a row and have 4 games left that are on the easier side, one of them is a quad 1 at Oregon. They need to win out and have that quad 1 win against Oregon to possibly get into the tournament.
Out & Trending down
Butler – Butler has now lost 4 games in a row including games against Marquette, Creighton, at Villanova, and at Seton Hall. They don’t have any good games coming up to boost them. It looks like the only way into March is to get really good wins in the Conference Tournament or they might have to just win the whole thing.
Ole Miss – Ole Miss lost back to back tough games against Mississippi State and South Carolina, both teams looking like tournament teams. Ole Miss doesn’t have any good games coming up so it looks like they might need to get ready for the Conference Tournament.
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