NIT-ology 2009-10taking a look at the other side of the postseason bubble
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| Want to advertise on NIT-ology? Contact us for more information. FRIDAY 3/12/2010 UPDATE So, why do I have Rhode Island as my last NCAA at large team? Well, right now I see there being 1 bid to be distributed amongst the following teams: Miss St., Rhode Island, Memphis, Minnesota, Illinois, Dayton, and St. Louis. Of those 7 teams: Memphis has no games left to improve their resume; Minnesota and Illinois likely need to win 1 more game, and are steep underdogs in their respective matchups; Dayton needs to beat Xavier, where they are underdogs; St. Louis likely needs to win two more games; Mississippi St. has what essentially amounts to an even matchup against Florida. That leaves Rhode Island who is favored to get a decent win against St. Louis. Given how the bubble has collapsed in recent days, I think a win here gets URI in, and I think they have the best chance of any of those teams of getting a quality win. More bad news for NIT bubble squads: Jackson St. lost in the SWAC tourney (last night, duh). Kent St. loses in the MAC tourney and snatches up the 8th automatic bid of the year. Five potential NIT bid stealers remain in play: UCSB (BW), Morgan St. (MEAC), Lehigh (PAT), Sam Houston St. (Slnd), Utah St. (WAC). |
| 1-seeds | 2-seeds | 3-seeds | 4-seeds | 5-seeds | 6-seeds | 7-seeds | 8-seeds |
| mississippi st. memphis minnesota seton hall | arizona st. south florida illinois uab | cincinnati dayton wichita st. kent st. | william & mary uconn st. louis st. john's | texas tech nevada tulsa vcu | new mexico st. marshall northeastern illinois st. | arizona weber st. troy coastal carolina | quinnipiac jacksonville stony brook jackson st. |
| charlotte, nc state, north carolina, lousiana tech, wright st., alabama, portland, fairfield, iona, missouri st., miami (fl), harvard, northwestern, south carolina, boston college, indiana st., morehead st., charleston, iupui, appalachian st., bradley, buffalo, virginia, georgia, wisconsin green bay, nebraska, ohio, oregon, colorado, northern colorado, iowa st., colorado st., western kentucky |
| bid status... black - solidly in green - on the bubble, in orange - automatic bid, in red - on the nit bubble, likely CBI or College Insider tournament bids | movement this update... up to ncaa: georgia tech, rhode island, akron (mac), ark pine bluff (swac) down to nit: arizona st., memphis, kent st. (mac), jackson st. (swac) up to nit: none out of nit: charlotte, north carolina |
| In NCAA Tournament as at larges or conference winner (46) acc (7): duke, wake forest, clemson, maryland, florida st., virginia tech, georgia tech be (8): syracuse, villanova, west virginia, georgetown, pittsburgh, louisville, marquette, notre dame b10 (4): purdue, wisconsin, michigan st., ohio st. b12 (7): kansas, kansas st., texas, baylor, texas a&m, missouri, oklahoma st. a10 (4): temple, xavier, richmond, rhode island sec (5): kentucky, vanderbilt, tennessee, mississippi, florida, mwc (4): new mexico, byu, unlv, san diego st. cusa (1): utep wcc (2): gonzaga, st. mary's horz (1): butler mvc (1): northern iowa p10 (2): california, washington Remaining NCAA bids go to the other conference champions (19) wac: utah st., caa: old dominion, maac: siena, mac: akron, bsky: montana, bw: uc santa barbara, socon: wofford, ovc: murray st., sb: north texas, ivy: cornell, asun: e. tennessee st., sthlnd: sam houston st., sum: oakland, ae: vermont, bsth: winthrop, pat: lehigh, meac: morgan st., nec: robert morris, swac: arkansas pine bluff |
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