Thursday night was a great night for idle teams on the bubble. Clemson hacked up a fur ball in Raleigh. Richmond got spanked at Temple and, as expected, Washington St lost to Arizona. I added Minnesota and Penn State to the watch since the Gophers are really struggling lately and are backing onto the bubble.
Let me know what you think of the format to show the previous night's results. I will always include Marquette's measurables along with all the teams that played. A numbers are courtesy of espn.com. A few explanations:
S-Curve: Lunardi's measure for where a team stands on the bubble. As it stands now, 1-48 means you are in and 69+ means you are out. 49-68 are the automatic bids for the lower tier conferences.
Top 25 & Top 100: Records against the RPI
Best & Worst Wins: The team and its RPI. N means it was a neutral court game.
Thurs Games |
Score |
S-Curve |
RPI |
SOS |
Top 25 |
Top 100 |
Best Win |
Worst Loss |
Marquette |
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41 |
66 |
31 |
3-10 |
5-11 |
ND 10 |
Zags 69 |
Washington St |
70 |
73 |
72 |
113 |
0-2 |
5-7 |
Wash 39 |
Stan 119 |
Arizona |
79 |
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18 |
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Richmond |
53 |
46 |
71 |
193 |
1-1 |
4-5 |
Purdue 9 |
GTech 163 N |
Temple |
73 |
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33 |
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Clemson |
61 |
74 |
74 |
107 |
0-2 |
6-7 |
BC 43 |
@UVA 149 |
NC State |
69 |
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96 |
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Alabama |
67 |
42 |
88 |
143 |
2-2 |
3-4 |
UK 15 |
Iowa 151 |
LSU |
56 |
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212 |
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Santa Clara |
76 |
165 |
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Gonzaga |
85 |
76 |
69 |
78 |
1-2 |
7-7 |
Xavier 19 |
@SClara 165 |
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Washington |
79 |
28 |
39 |
80 |
1-1 |
6-4 |
Zona 18 |
@OrSt 219 |
Arizona St |
62 |
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150 |
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Minnesota |
63 |
36 |
35 |
28 |
3-4 |
5-6 |
Purdue 9 |
@Ind (158) |
Penn State |
66 |
78 |
63 |
7 |
1-3 |
5-10 |
Wisc 17 |
Maine (202) |
All numbers are accurate as of last night. Where applicable, I added wins or losses to the Top 25 & Top 100 results
Let's look to the weekend after the jump
Weekend Look-ahead
As per usual, the weekend is packed with action, starting tonight in Wichita. The Bracketbusters provides some good matchups this that will impact the bubble, none moreso than Utah State at St. Mary's.
As usual, root against the bolded teams. Here's who you should root for in the matchups of bubble sitters:
- VCU @ Wichita State - go for VCU because Wichita St is closer to the field
- Utah State @ St. Mary's - this one is kind of a push, so stick with the home team
- Cleveland State @ ODU - Cleveland State's overall profile is so weak that even a win wouldn't get them much closer to a bid, so root for the Vikings
Weekend Games |
Day |
S-Curve |
RPI |
SOS |
Top 25 |
Top 100 |
Best Win |
Worst Loss |
Marquette |
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41 |
66 |
31 |
3-10 |
5-11 |
ND 10 |
Gonzaga 69 |
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VCU |
Fri |
81 |
67 |
148 |
0-2 |
5-5 |
@ODU 32 |
@GA St 213 |
Wichita State |
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69 |
52 |
117 |
0-2 |
2-4 |
@UNI 78 |
SIU 206 |
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Utah State |
Sat |
35 |
28 |
159 |
0-2 |
0-2 |
LBeach St 105 |
@Idaho 154 |
St. Mary's |
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29 |
42 |
171 |
1-3 |
2-4 |
St. Johns's 16 |
@USD 308 |
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Arkansas |
Sat |
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110 |
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Alabama |
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42 |
88 |
143 |
2-2 |
3-4 |
UK 15 |
Iowa 151 |
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Baylor |
Sat |
44 |
58 |
59 |
0-2 |
4-6 |
@TAMU 26 |
@Iowa St 134 |
Texas Tech |
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155 |
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Oklahoma |
Sat |
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122 |
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Kansas State |
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40 |
29 |
4 |
1-3 |
7-9 |
Kansas 1 |
Colo x2 91 |
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Boston College |
Sat |
45 |
43 |
18 |
0-3 |
7-8 |
TAMU 26 N |
Yale 142 |
North Carolina |
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13 |
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Cincinnati |
Sat |
43 |
45 |
118 |
3-6 |
7-6 |
@St. John's 16 |
WVU 23 |
Providence |
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103 |
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Butler |
Sat |
71 |
48 |
50 |
0-3 |
5-4 |
Cleve St x2 36 |
@Ytown St 274 |
UIC |
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278 |
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UNLV |
Sat |
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30 |
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Colorado State |
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72 |
38 |
56 |
0-3 |
5-5 |
@UNLV 30 |
SamHousSt 190 |
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Florida State |
Sat |
34 |
46 |
90 |
1-3 |
6-6 |
Duke 7 |
@Auburn 273 |
Wake Forest |
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243 |
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Georgia |
Sat |
38 |
44 |
32 |
1-7 |
4-8 |
Kentucky 15 |
Temple 33 N |
Tennessee |
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24 |
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San Francisco |
Sat |
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165 |
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Gonzaga |
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76 |
69 |
78 |
1-2 |
7-7 |
Xavier 19 |
@SClara 165 |
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Memphis |
Sat |
48 |
31 |
39 |
0-3 |
9-5 |
UAB x2 34 |
@SMU 181 |
Rice |
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170 |
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Illinois |
Sat |
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37 |
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Michigan State |
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47 |
49 |
8 |
1-7 |
7-10 |
Wisc 17 |
@Iowa 151 |
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Central Florida |
Sat |
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76 |
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UAB |
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70 |
34 |
55 |
0-1 |
6-6 |
UTEP 54 |
@Arz St 150 |
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Texas A&M |
Sat |
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26 |
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Oklahoma State |
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75 |
50 |
47 |
0-2 |
5-8 |
Mizz 27 |
@TTech 155 |
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Virginia Tech |
Sat |
39 |
57 |
111 |
0-2 |
8-5 |
FSU 46 |
@Gtech 163 |
Virginia |
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149 |
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Houston |
Sat |
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218 |
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UTEP |
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51 |
54 |
129 |
0-1 |
3-4 |
Mich 59 N |
Gtech 163 N |
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Washington St |
Sat |
73 |
72 |
113 |
0-1 |
5-6 |
Wash 39 |
Stan 119 |
Arizona St |
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150 |
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Missouri St |
Sat |
49 |
51 |
160 |
0-1 |
2-4 |
@Wich St 52 |
@Evansville 120 |
Valpo |
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56 |
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Duquesne |
Sat |
79 |
75 |
134 |
0-4 |
3-6 |
Temple 33 |
@RobMor 129 |
Dayton |
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55 |
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George Mason |
Sat |
31 |
22 |
64 |
0-0 |
8-4 |
ODU 32 |
Woff 157 N |
Northern Iowa |
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78 |
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Utah |
Sat |
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123 |
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New Mexico |
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77 |
61 |
103 |
1-2 |
4-7 |
BYU 2 |
@Wyo 270 |
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East Carolina |
Sat |
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187 |
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Southern Miss |
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NA |
40 |
93 |
0-0 |
5-5 |
@UAB 34 |
@SMU 181 |
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St. Bonaventure |
Sun |
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Richmond |
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46 |
71 |
193 |
1-1 |
4-5 |
Purdue 9 |
Gtech 163 N |
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Clemson |
Sun |
74 |
74 |
107 |
0-2 |
6-7 |
BC 43 |
@UVA 149 |
Miami |
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64 |
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Cleveland State |
Sun |
80 |
36 |
137 |
0-1 |
3-4 |
Valpo 56 |
@Det 153 |
Old Dominion |
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37 |
32 |
72 |
2-2 |
8-5 |
Xav 19 |
@Del 147 |
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NC State |
Sun |
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Maryland |
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NA |
86 |
74 |
0-4 |
3-10 |
@PennSt 63 |
VT x2 57 |