Early Bubble talk
We are one month into the new men’s college basketball season and a lot has happened already. Officially the NET ranking that is used as the main sorting tool for the selection committee has not been released yet. Even when it is released it will be way too early to really make any solid bracket predictions. Today, we will go over the ten main conferences that may get multiple bids and share who is on the bubble at this time. We have considered game results and KenPom in making our list. Here we go.
BIG 10: 7 teams in
Ohio St, Michigan, Michigan St, Maryland, Indiana, Purdue, Penn St.
Bubble: Iowa, Illinois
ACC: 6 teams in
Louisville, Duke, North Carolina, Florida St, Virginia, NC State
Bubble: Pitt, Virginia Tech, Notre Dame
SEC: 5 teams in
Kentucky, Florida, Tennessee, Auburn, LSU
Bubble: Arkansas, Mississippi St, Mississippi, Georgia
BIG 12: 5 teams in
Kansas, Baylor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St, Texas
Bubble: Texas Tech, Iowa St
BIG EAST: 6 teams in
Villanova, Butler, Seton Hall, Xavier, DePaul, Marquette
Bubble: Creighton, Georgetown
PAC 12: 4 teams in
Oregon, Arizona,Washington, Colorado
Bubble: Arizona St, Stanford, USC, Oregon St
AAC: 2 team in
Memphis, UCONN
Bubble: Cincinnati, Houston
A10: 2 teams in
VCU, Dayton
Bubble: Richmond, St. Louis, Duquesne, Rhode Island
BIG WEST: 2 teams in
Gonzaga, St. Mary’s
Bubble: BYU
MOUNTAIN WEST: 2 teams in
Utah St, San Diego St
Bubble: New Mexico
There are 22 automatic qualifiers from conferences outside of these 10 listed. There may be one team from these 22 that can earn an at-large bid. For our early predictions we will say that 46 of the 68 teams will come from the 10 major conferences.
From our list above there are 41 teams in, which leaves 5 teams listed on the bubble that will make the field. Here are our five.
Texas Tech, West Virginia, Pitt, Cincinnati and Houston
Our first four out:
Virginia Tech, Iowa, Creighton, BYU
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