I think the bubble is really weak this year. The question I keep asking myself is this. If a team is projected in the tournament now loses like we did, as did Pitt, Nevada, USC, and Rutgers, and you want to knock them out, then who do you put in their place??
North Carolina?
Arizona State?
Michigan?
Oklahoma State?
All of those except OSU lost this weekend too.
Makes me think two things are coming up.
One, conference tournaments are going to be important for bubble teams but even an early loss won’t kill you as long as your competition loses too. And also you don’t take a bad quad 3 or 4 loss.
Two, the real battle is to be in the main draw and not get sent to Dayton. I’d take Dayton over the NIT 100 times out of 100, but I’d love to sneak into the main draw as one of the last teams with a bye.
North Carolina?
Arizona State?
Michigan?
Oklahoma State?
All of those except OSU lost this weekend too.
Makes me think two things are coming up.
One, conference tournaments are going to be important for bubble teams but even an early loss won’t kill you as long as your competition loses too. And also you don’t take a bad quad 3 or 4 loss.
Two, the real battle is to be in the main draw and not get sent to Dayton. I’d take Dayton over the NIT 100 times out of 100, but I’d love to sneak into the main draw as one of the last teams with a bye.
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