Bubblicious Monday: Texas has yet another quality-win opportunity vs. #9 Baylor

[SelectionSunday]

Sunday Review
#34 Oregon wins @ #56 Stanford -- Ducks will earn "lock" status if they win Wednesday in Corvallis. Cardinal now in a world of hurt with Arizona road swing coming up.

#36 Ohio State beats #57 Purdue -- Buckeyes needed this one more than people think. Boilers still close to the bubble, but they can change that with a win Thursday in East Lansing.

#49 Pitt lost @ Wake Forest -- Panthers were already on thin ice, and now it becomes mandatory they sweep the Florida schools (Miami/home, FSU/road) in final week of regular season to have legit at-large hopes heading to ACC tourney.

#52 UCLA beats Washington State -- Even if they beat USC in season finale, Bruins will have work to do in Pac 12 Tournament.

Monday on the Bubble
Baylor @ #46 Texas, 6 (ESPNU)

Gophers Daily RPI Report -- added a top-50 win over the weekend (Iowa)
Friday: 78
Today: 76 (3-7 vs. RPI top 50; 5-9 vs. RPI top 100; #62 overall SOS; #203 non-conference SOS)

 

[Holy Man]

Sunday Review
#34 Oregon wins @ #56 Stanford -- Ducks will earn "lock" status if they win Wednesday in Corvallis. Cardinal now in a world of hurt with Arizona road swing coming up.

#36 Ohio State beats #57 Purdue -- Buckeyes needed this one more than people think. Boilers still close to the bubble, but they can change that with a win Thursday in East Lansing.

#49 Pitt lost @ Wake Forest -- Panthers were already on thin ice, and now it becomes mandatory they sweep the Florida schools (Miami/home, FSU/road) in final week of regular season to have legit at-large hopes heading to ACC tourney.

#52 UCLA beats Washington State -- Even if they beat USC in season finale, Bruins will have work to do in Pac 12 Tournament.

Monday on the Bubble
Baylor @ #46 Texas, 6 (ESPNU)


Gophers Daily RPI Report -- added a top-50 win over the weekend (Iowa)
Friday: 78
Today: 76 (3-7 vs. RPI top 50; 5-9 vs. RPI top 100; #62 overall SOS; #203 non-conference SOS)

Nice to see Stanford struggle. My bitterness at not having Reid in a Gopher uniform grows as I think of how valuable he would have been on the boards this year. Go Arizona and ASU.

Kiss of death for NCAA pools, but I have seen Baylor play twice and they looked really good. Limited sample size could do me in. It has heppened before.

 

[SelectionSunday]

Unless there's an automatic bid in the offing for Stanford and UNLV, it looks like only 2 of the "Big 3 (+1)" will play in the NCAA tourney this season, Tyus and Macura, though Xavier probably needs one more win to seal the deal.