2147628, Get Your Dance Tickets! Conference Tourneys: Friday Posted by Frank Longo, Fri Mar-15-13 01:17 AM
Big East: Georgetown vs. Syracuse- 7 PM, ESPN Louisville vs. Notre Dame- 9 PM, ESPN
Big Ten: Illinois vs. Indiana- noon, ESPN Wisconsin vs. Michigan- 2 PM. ESPN Nebraska vs. Ohio State- 6:30 PM Iowa vs. Michigan State- 9 PM
ACC: Boston College vs. Miami- noon, ESPN2 State vs. Virginia- 2 PM, ESPN2 Maryland vs. Duke- 7 PM, ESPN2 FSU vs. UNC- 9 PM, ESPN2
Big 12: Iowa State vs. Kansas- 7:30 PM, ESPNU Oklahoma State vs. Kansas State- 10 PM, ESPNU
SEC: LSU vs. UF- 1 PM, ESPNU Tennessee vs. Alabama- 3 PM, ESPNU Vandy vs. UK- 7:30 PM, ESPN3 Mizzou vs. Ole Miss- 10 PM, ESPN3
A-10: Charlotte vs. St. Louis- noon Butler vs. La Salle- 2:30 St. Joe's vs. VCU- 6:30 UMass vs. Temple- 9 PM
C-USA: UTEP vs. Southern Miss- 4 PM Tulsa vs. Memphis- 6:30 PM
PAC-12: Arizona vs. UCLA- 9 PM Utah vs. Oregon- 11:30 PM
MWC: San Diego State vs. New Mexico- 9 PM, CBSS UNLV vs. Colorado State- 11:30 PM, CBSS
AUTOMATIC BIDS: 1. Belmont 2. Bucknell 3. Creighton 4. Davidson 5. Florida Gulf Coast 6. Gonzaga 7. Harvard 8. Iona 9. JMU 10. Liberty 11. LIU Brooklyn 12. South Dakota State 13. Valpo 14. WKU
LOCKS TO MAKE IT: 15. Duke 16. State 17. UNC 18. Miami 19. Georgetown 20. Notre Dame 21. Louisville 22. Syracuse 23. Pittsburgh 24. Villanova 25. Marquette 26. Cincinnati 27. Indiana 28. Michigan State 29. Michigan 30. Ohio State 31. Wisconsin 32. Illinois 33. Kansas 34. Kansas State 35. Oklahoma State 36. Arizona 37. UCLA 38. Cal 39. Colorado 40. Florida 41. Mizzou 42. San Diego State 43. New Mexico 44. UNLV 45. Colorado State 46. Butler 47. VCU 48. St. Louis 49. Memphis 50. Wichita State
Auto-bids left: ... 17? (I think that's right.) Let's assume at least 8-9 of those go to locks. So these fifty teams, plus another eight or nine.
That means nine to ten seats left. (And since I think Minnesota and Oklahoma are likely in despite being done this weekend, it's probably more like seven to eight.)
Bubble teams playing: Iowa, Virginia, Maryland, Iowa State, Tennessee and Bama (playing each other!), UK, Ole Miss, La Salle, Temple, Southern Miss, Oregon.
A few of these teams are win-and-in. A couple more need at least another win later this weekend.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Nearly all of these games will be great. This is one of the best, most packed days of the year. No recommendations.
Okay, those Big East games seem particularly great. And the Big 12. Don't miss those.
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