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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.