Bubble Watch: Everyone is Out

No, his name is Hevin Darris, he just became eligible

All anyone wants to talk about today is Terrell Owens, Alex Rodriguez and who is on the bubble for the NCAA tournament.  A quick look at the Bootlegger Sports front page reveals, we’ve already talked about two of the three, so why not go for the clean sweep.  This may be a recurring segment over the next week.  Then again, I may get bored halfway through this post and fly to Brazil, never to be seen again.  This blog is full of surprises. 

Providence-  has a win over Pittsburgh and all the terrible teams in their conference.  They have a chance to beat Villanova tonight, that would put them in.  If they can’t do that, they’ll need to win some at the Big East tournament, which I understand is 10 rounds long, so there should be ample opportunities. 

Boston College- They are sporting wins over UNC and Duke.  They’re not just in, they’re heroes in my book.  Sure, their resume isn’t spectacular, but every other bubble team is rooting for them.  Why?  So they can meet in the 8-9 game. 

Wisconsin- Just being associated with the Big Ten and not being Michigan State or Purdue should blackball you from the tourney, but if this team was from the Big East, they’d be a lock.  As it is, they just finished being swept by fellow bubblers Minnesota and their final game is against Indiana.  Just playing the Hoosiers should disqualifies you from the Big Dance, so the Badgers are against the wall.

Texas A&M- Oh boy, we’re scraping the bottom of the barrell now.  Their recent loss against Colorado proves about as much as Rick Majerus’ recent victory over starvation, so they’ll have to beat Missouri to even sniff the dance.  Unfortunately for the Aggies, the Big 12 is filled with mediocre bubble teams and has no representative on the selection committee.  Get those maroon and white muffin baskets ready booster club.

South Carolina- How terrible is SEC basketball?  A division winner might not make the tournament.  The Gamecocks have ZERO wins against the top 50 and losses to numerous non-tournament teams.  There has to be some unspoken rule to ensure ‘power conferences’ get more than 2 teams to the madness though right?  Turns out, there is a rule like that.  It reads: “beat a quality team”.  Actually, SC has to make the tourney so a careless CBS announcer can make an unfortunate reference to their nickname.

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