Selection Sunday 2018: Start Time, TV Schedule and Bubble Teams to Watch

The field of 68 teams for the NCAA men's basketball tournament gets released Sunday on TBS.

While most teams are aware of their standing with the selection committee, there are some bubble teams forced to wait it out until the bracket reveal.

Among the bubble teams hoping for a berth in the Big Dance are a pair of power-conference teams, who have high-profile wins on their respective resumes but struggled down the stretch.

There's also some mid-major teams, who were eliminated early from their respective conference tournaments, that are uncertain of whether they'll be in or out Sunday night.

Selection Sunday Information

Start Time: 6 p.m. ET

TV: TBS

Bubble Teams to Watch

Oklahoma

Every fan of men's basketball wants Oklahoma to make the NCAA tournament so they can see Trae Young on the collegiate stage one final time before he presumably leaves for the NBA. 

The star freshman leads the nation with 27.4 points and 8.8 assists per game, but he doesn't have a spectacular supporting cast around him. 

The Sooners struggled at the end of the season, with nine losses in their final 12 Big 12 contests, including a six-game losing streak that lasted for most of February.

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Oklahoma, who lost in the first round of the Big 12 tournament, has six Quadrant 1 wins over teams in the top 50 in the RPI, including a victory at home over Kansas.

What hurts the Sooners is their recent string of results combined with four Quadrant 2 losses and a Quadrant 3 loss to Iowa State.

However, it must be noted the Sooners were in the top seeds released by the selection committee February 11.

If the selection committee believes Oklahoma dropped from a No. 4 seed to out of the tournament in a span of a month, it would be a bit of a shocking development.

Although some will argue they don't belong in the Big Dance, the Sooners should benefit from their standing a month ago and the strength of the Big 12 to earn a spot in the First Four as one of the final four at-large teams.

Arizona State

Arizona State contains another bizarre resume that's hard to properly evaluate.

The Sun Devils have two impressive nonconference victories over Xavier and Kansas, but they fell flat on their face in the Pac-12 with an 8-10 mark and a first-round exit in the Pac-12 tournament.

In any other year, the selection committee wouldn't even consider a team with such a poor conference performance like Arizona State, but you can't ignore the victories over Xavier and Kansas.

Just like Oklahoma, the Sun Devils stumbled down the stretch, with five losses in their final six games.

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Trying to put a positive spin on Arizona State's resume is a difficult task, but it did receive a boost after San Diego State beat Nevada in the Mountain West tournament.

With the Aztecs in the NCAA tournament, and UCLA and USC possibly making the Big Dance, Arizona State would have victories over six teams participating in March Madness, with Kansas State being the other.

The six quality wins might be enough to put Arizona State into the field of 68, but it'll be a close call after a few bids were stolen in mid-major conferences this week.

Middle Tennessee

Speaking of mid-major teams, Middle Tennessee faces a long wait on Selection Sunday after falling to Southern Miss in the Conference USA tournament quarterfinals. 

The Blue Raiders strung together a 12-game winning streak in conference play that included a pair of victories over Western Kentucky, but losses to Marshall and Southern Miss to conclude the campaign damaged their NCAA tournament hopes. 

Nonconference wins over Ohio Valley champion Murray State, Ole Miss and Vanderbilt don't stick out as impressive, but that's what the Blue Raiders are dealing with. 

If they defeated one of Auburn, USC or Miami in the first two months, the Blue Raiders would have had a better chance of qualifying for the field of 68.

Kermit Davis' team might benefit from its reputation, as it won a game in each of the last two NCAA tournaments, but it's hard to imagine its resume is enough, even though it played a difficult nonconference slate.

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Statistics obtained from ESPN.com.