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NCAA Bubble Watch Week in Review: Winners and Losers
It’s crunch time for bubble teams as the last weekend of the regular season is upon us. The bubble picture remains full of middle-of-the-road teams from the power conferences. This weekend should help shape the bubble picture with several key games.
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Weekend Bubble Watch: Winners and Losers
Let the madness begin! Several mid-major conference tournaments begin this week. That means many of the bubble teams from the power conferences will be holding their breath...
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Bubble Watch Week in Review: Winners and Losers
In last Friday’s edition of Bubble Watch Review I mentioned that St. Mary’s, Maryland, Providence, and Miami (FL) needed to make their push if that wanted to be considered in the at-large discussion...
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Weekend Bubble Watch: Winners and Losers
With Selection Sunday just three weeks away, the bubble picture continues to fluctuate as teams jockey for at-large positioning. Bracketbuster weekend proved to be anticlimactic with so few mid-major teams represented in the bubble picture...
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Bubble Watch Week in Review: Winners and Losers
As the end of conference play nears, the fluidity of bubble teams has become very apparent. Teams in one day are out the next. This trend will continue through the conference tournaments and right up to Selection Sunday...
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Weekend Bubble Watch: Winners and Losers
It’s the beginning of crunch time for bubble teams. With conference tournaments starting in a little over two weeks it’s time to put that quality win on your resume...
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Bubble Watch Week in Review: Winners and Losers
The bubble picture is starting to take shape as several teams have fallen out of the picture. Teams such as Mississippi State, Baylor, Oklahoma State, and St. Mary’s would need a miracle finish to get any at-large attention...
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Weekend Bubble Watch: Winners and Losers
In Friday’s edition I received several comments for putting Wisconsin and Cincinnati as bubble team “winners.” Both teams continued their progress over the weekend with critical wins against Penn St...
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Bubble Watch Week in Review
The bubble picture is anything but clear. A few teams I ruled out in the last edition suddenly have new life and are making a case for themselves again...
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NCAA Basketball Weekend Bubble Watch: Winners and Losers
It’s the first of February and there are bubbles in the air. As teams position themselves for at-large consideration, remember it doesn’t take much for a given team to ascend or descend with respect to their bubble status...
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Bubble Watch Week in Review: Winners and Losers
Things continue to change on the bubble landscape, as teams play their way into or out of the discussion for an at-large big. Since the last edition, several teams have failed to take advantage of their situation...
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Weekend Bubble Watch: Winners and Losers
As we reach the end of January, the number of teams fighting for those last few coveted spots in the NCAA tournament are starting to come into view. Several games this past weekend may have a significant impact for those teams “on the bubble...
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Calling All Bubble Teams, March Madness is Coming
As we begin to reach the end of January it’s time to take a peak at those teams that find themselves “on the bubble.” Let’s take a quick review of the process for just a moment...
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Big Ten Basketball: Weekend Preview
The beginning of the Big Ten season has produced some very interesting storylines: The ascent of programs at Michigan, Minnesota, and Penn St, the struggles and injuries at Purdue ...
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College Basketball: Five Games in Five Days
Wow, what a great start to the New Year in college basketball. This week should be just as good. Here are five games in the next five days that shouldn’t be missed. Monday Georgetown at Notre Dame 7:00 p...
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Big Ten: Round Two
We learned a few things from the first round of games in the Big Ten. First, Illinois is the real deal after knocking off Purdue in West Lafayette...
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College Basketball: It’s Time To Start Blowing Bubbles
Yes, it’s early January and we are already talking of teams “on the bubble.” Now is the time for teams to put that quality non-conference win on a résumé that makes the NCAA selection committee take note...
