Selection Sunday 2015: Start Time, Date, TV Schedule and More

The lucky few punch their tickets for the 2015 NCAA tournament with automatic bids from winning conference tournaments, but the rest of the field of 68 is at the mercy of Selection Sunday.

Depending on where schools stand at the start of the postseason, the selection show is either a drama-free broadcast in which teams learn their seedings and future opponents or the most nerve-wracking hour of the season. Many of the 36 at-large schools will have a good idea of whether they're in, but a handful will be holding their breath and crossing their fingers as the broadcast rolls along.

With some of the bubble-dwelling teams holding many of the nation's most impressive wins this season, a number of dangerous teams could be left on the outside looking in.

Here's an early look at how to tune in to the selection show and a breakdown of bubble teams.

2015 NCAA Tournament Selection Show

Date: Sunday, March 15, 2015

Start Time (ET): 6 p.m.

TV: CBS

Live Stream: CBSSports.com

Teams on the Bubble

Texas A&M

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After seemingly playing their way into the NCAA tournament as one of the SEC's surprise teams, Texas A&M has seen a late losing streak put its potential at-large bid in jeopardy.

As the SEC tournament began play Wednesday, ESPN's Joe Lunardi had the Aggies as one of the first four teams out. CBS Sports' Jerry Palm has them on the right side of the bubble as the final team in.

A balanced attack has led the way for Texas A&M, with Danuel House (14.8) and Jalen Jones (13.6) being the only double-digit scorers in the group. The three-point shooting of House and Alex Caruso has been an X-factor, as both shoot above 39 percent from the arc.

However, a season-ending defeat to Alabama stunted Texas A&M's late efforts to lock up a bid, per Stewart Mandel of Fox Sports:

The Aggies have lost three out of four to close out the season. That's not the direction you want to be heading entering the postseason, much less with a NCAA at-large bid in flux.

Texas A&M opens up play in the SEC tournament Thursday, but it's hard to see the Aggies making any sort of NCAA tournament statement without at least winning two games and advancing to Saturday's semifinal.

BYU

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Often, the school Gonzaga defeats in the West Coast Conference championship game doesn't have enough of a resume to contend for an at-large bid—to the chagrin of many. Those same people are hoping the BYU Cougars don't follow suit.

BYU may have fallen 91-75 to the Bulldogs in Tuesday's championship, but it's hard to see that impacting the Cougars' stock in a negative way after they beat that same Gonzaga team on the road late in the season.

However, Sports Illustrated's Chris Johnson noted why that may not be enough:

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The main reason the Cougars are still in the conversation for a bid is the win they notched against Gonzaga in Spokane last month. Prior to that game, the Cougars had zero victories against teams ranked in the top 50 of the Ratings Percentage Index. They also had three losses to teams ranked outside the top 100 of the RPI.

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A 25-9 record may not be enough for BYU to make it off the bubble and into the tournament, especially with two losses to Pepperdine in conference play. But their only nonconference losses came against then-No. 15 San Diego State, Purdue and then-No. 13 Utah.

The Cougars finished the season on an eight-game winning streak, which included that victory over Gonzaga. Their streak wasn't snapped until Tuesday, when BYU gave Gonzaga a fight until late.

BYU also boasts one of the best wins of any team in the nation. With a lack of quality wins, that victory at Gonzaga could be the difference in getting BYU into the field of 68.

Ole Miss

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Like conference counterpart Texas A&M, the Ole Miss Rebels saw an at-large bid begin to slip away as the regular season culminated.

The emergence of Stefan Moody and the jelling of an athletic roster gave head coach Andy Kennedy's crew some major momentum heading into the second half of SEC play. After starting 3-3 in the conference, the Rebels won six in a row, which began and ended with one-point victories over Florida.

After that, however, the Rebels lost four of their final seven games to end the season—including tight wins over bottom-half dwellers Mississippi State, Tennessee and Alabama.

But Lunardi sees Ole Miss punching its ticket with a Thursday win:

Moody and Jarvis Summers make Ole Miss a dangerous team to defend on the perimeter. There may not be a bubble team with more dynamic guard play, which is a game-changer in tournament settings.

But despite whatever danger Ole Miss might become in the NCAA tournament, it may not be able to get there without a win this weekend in Nashville.