It is final name for groups on the bubble as main convention tournaments kick into excessive gear throughout the nation on Wednesday. 5 groups in motion are hoping to advance to the portion of their convention match bracket the place they will earn video games that will assist their respective NCAA Event circumstances. Failing to advance will make for a nervous Choice Sunday, at greatest.
One bubble group not but in motion is Rutgers, which performs on Thursday within the Massive Ten Event. There have been anonymous-sourced reviews circulating among the many Scarlet Knights fan websites that the NCAA Event Choice Committee was going to take into accounts the truth that the Massive Ten dominated the shot that defeated Rutgers at Ohio State on Dec. 8 mustn’t have counted. These reviews additionally claimed that such a observe would seem on Rutgers’ group sheet.
On the floor, that sounded ridiculous. Why would the NCAA Choice Committee go down the limitless rabbit gap of “contemplating” officiating errors? If that is the case, Duke want to have couple of phrases. To not point out the truth that not all officiating errors that influence video games occur on the finish of these video games. They would want a five-week assembly to create the bracket, not a five-day assembly.
Additionally, whereas the committee has reviews on each group detailing all types of doable extenuating circumstances for every of these groups, none of these reviews really seem on the group sheet itself; that will make them extra like group pamphlets.
I feel somebody was yanking the chain of those reporters, particularly since getting a sourced reply to that’s not too tough.
I contacted the NCAA and requested Media Coordinator David Worlock if the report about Rutgers was true. I acquired a two-word reply in response: “Not true.”
NCAA Event locks
Locks primarily based on résumé: 27 | Bids secured: 10 | At-large spots remaining: 31
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ACC |
3 |
Miami, Virginia, Duke |
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Massive East |
4 |
Marquette, UConn, Xavier, Creighton |
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Massive Ten |
4 |
Indiana, Purdue, Michigan State, Iowa |
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Massive 12 |
5 |
Baylor, Kansas, Texas, Kansas State, Iowa State |
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Pac-12 |
2 |
Arizona, UCLA |
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SEC |
5 |
Alabama, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Missouri, Kentucky |
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American |
1 |
Houston |
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Others |
3 |
Gonzaga, Saint Mary’s, San Diego State |
On the cutline
Try all of the groups on Palm’s Bubble Watch, the sphere of the 68 and the complete bracket on the Bracketology hub
Bubble groups in motion Wednesday
All references to NCAA Event choice data and tendencies refer solely to tournaments going again to 1994 excluding 2021. Resulting from shortened schedules and a comparatively small variety of nonconference video games in 2021, these rankings weren’t dependable sufficient to be thought of.