College basketball bubble watch, bracketology: The bubble teams to know on Selection Sunday

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Selection Sunday is here.

Much of the men’s NCAA tournament field is decided, but there’s a fair amount of uncertainty on the bubble. There are around half a dozen spots that could go to any number of teams who have decent tournament cases.

Here’s a brief look at the teams that we think are on the precipice of making the tournament. There will definitely be at least a few of them left on the outside looking in after the selection show.

Boise State (24-10, 14-6 Mountain West): The Broncos got blown out in Saturday’s MWC title game by Colorado State. Did they do enough in the MWC tournament to get into March Madness? Boise State won seven of its last nine games and its only two losses in that span were to the Rams. The Broncos rank 44th in the NET rankings.

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Indiana (19-13, 10-10 Big Ten): If Indiana gets in the field, it’ll be because other teams failed to leap them during conference tournament week and not because the Hoosiers got themselves into the field. Indiana closed the regular season with four wins in five games but lost by 13 to Oregon in its first Big Ten tournament game. If Indiana makes the field, the Hoosiers will assuredly be in Dayton for a First Four game. Indiana is 54th in the NET rankings.

North Carolina (22-13, 13-7 ACC): The Tar Heels have a strong analytics case at No. 36 in the NET rankings and 33rd in KenPom’s data. But UNC is 1-12 in Quad 1 games after losing to a Duke team without Cooper Flagg and Maliq Brown on Friday. A victory in that game would have likely put North Carolina in the tournament.

Ohio State (17-15, 9-11 Big Ten): If Indiana is out of the field, Ohio State probably is too. The Buckeyes finished a game back of the Hoosiers in the Big Ten standings and have a worse overall record. Ohio State has also lost five of its last seven games, yet is 41st in the NET rankings.

Oklahoma (20-13, 6-12 SEC): It was hard to see Oklahoma heading to the NCAA tournament during a…

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Author : Nick Bromberg

Publish date : 2025-03-16 13:34:00

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