NCAA Basketball Tournament: Daily Bubble Debate

So how do you like your bubble teams? Do you like strong RPI and SOS numbers? Is a winning conference record important to you?  Or is it how a team finishes down the stretch?  Whatever your desire, there is no easy way to decide.

With Selection Sunday a week away, it will be interesting to see how the committee sorts things out.  In the meantime, let’s take a look at some teams on the bubble and let you, the reader, decide who gets in. 

In this segment of the Daily Bubble Debate, we’ll look at three power conference teams, Alabama, Michigan and  Boston College as well as a mid-major team in Missouri St., who fell a little short in their conference tournament.

For our sake, we’ll assume the committee (and you) has to decide between one of these four teams as the last one in.  Remember, it’s possible that all four of these teams could actually get in to the tournament or none of them at all. 

Who would you take?  Feel free to leave your thoughts below.

 At-Large Profile:  Alabama Crimson Tide

Conference	SEC (West Division)
Conference RPI	6
Overall Record	20-10
Conference Record	12-4
RPI	76
Strength of Schedule	125
Record in Last 10 games	7-3
Record vs. RPI top 25	1-2
Record vs. RPI top 50	3-3
Record vs. RPI top 100	4-6
Road Record	4-7
Home Record	16-0
Neutral Record	0-3
Quality Wins	Kentucky, Tennessee
Bad Losses	Providence, Iowa
Games Remaining	SEC Tournament

At-Large Profile:  Michigan Wolverines

Conference	Big Ten
Conference RPI	2
Overall Record	18-12
Conference Record	9-9
RPI	53
Strength of Schedule	19
Record in Last 10 games	7-3
Record vs. RPI top 25	0-7
Record vs. RPI top 50	3-8
Record vs. RPI top 100	9-11
Road Record	5-5
Home Record	13-5
Neutral Record	0-2
Quality Wins	Harvard, Mich. St (2)
Bad Losses	Indiana
Games Remaining	Big Ten Tournament

At-Large Profile:  Missouri St.

Conference	Missouri Valley
Conference RPI	12
Overall Record	25-7
Conference Record	17-3
RPI	37
Strength of Schedule	126
Record in Last 10 games	8-2
Record vs. RPI top 25	0-0
Record vs. RPI top 50	0-1
Record vs. RPI top 100	3-5
Road Record	7-6
Home Record	15-1
Neutral Record	3-0
Quality Wins	None
Bad Losses	N. Iowa, Evansville
Games Remaining	season complete

At-Large Profile:  Boston College

Conference	ACC
Conference RPI	5
Overall Record	19-11
Conference Record	9-7
RPI	42
Strength of Schedule	18
Record in Last 10 games	5-5
Record vs. RPI top 25	0-4
Record vs. RPI top 50	1-6
Record vs. RPI top 100	7-10
Road Record	4-6
Home Record	11-4
Neutral Record	3-1
Quality Wins	Texas A&M
Bad Losses	Yale
Games Remaining	ACC Tournament

Information taken from cbssports.com