Feb. 18 College Hoops Summit: Mountain West Would Be Lucky to Get 2 Tourney Bids

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ST. THOMAS (21-7 overall, 10-3 Summit League, 12-13 ATS)
NET:
Tommies move up 1 spot to #107
Torvik (T-Rank): Tommies remain at #119

Tuesday Summit League Results/Highlights
No games

Wednesday Summit League Slate
#125 North Dakota State @ #203 South Dakota State, 7 (Midco Sports)
#336 Oral Roberts @ #251 Omaha, 7 (SLN)

Wednesday Reach the Summit Selections (40-16, 71.4%, 3 exactas)
South Dakota State over North Dakota State by 1
Omaha over Oral Roberts by 10

Versus the Top 5 (NDSU/UST/UND/Omaha/USD) Head-to-Head
Keeping tabs on how the (current) top five teams are faring head-to-head. The league's regular season champion(s) likely finishes with the best record in this group.

Head-to-Head
1. North Dakota State (6-0)
2. North Dakota (4-3)
3. St. Thomas (3-3)
4. Omaha (2-4)
5. South Dakota (1-6)

Summit League Best NET (St. Thomas) Resume Snapshot
NET: #107
Torvik (T-Rank): #119
Record vs. DI Opponents: 18-7, 10-3 Summit
True Road Record: 8-5
Projected NCAA Tournament Seed: n/a
Strength of Record: #118
Wins Above Bubble: #105
Overall SOS: #329
Non-Conference SOS: #284
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 0-1 (0%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 0-2 (0%)
Record/Winning % vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 5-5 (50%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 2 (@ #251 Omaha, #275 North Dakota)
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 0-2

Tuesday Bubblicious Board Results (updated bubble status)
#27 Iowa 57, Nebraska 52 (Hawkeyes remain above bubble)
#33 SMU 95, Louisville 85 (Mustangs remain above bubble)
#36 Texas 88, LSU 85 (Longhorns remain above bubble)
#37 Miami (FL) 67, #56 Virginia Tech 66 (Hurricanes remain above bubble, Hokies fall below bubble)
#38 Ohio State 86, Wisconsin 69 (Buckeyes move up to the bubble)
#39 Georgia 86, Kentucky 78 (Bulldogs remain above bubble)
Michigan State 82, #41 UCLA 58 (Bruins remain on bubble)
#42 New Mexico 98, Air Force 61 (Lobos remain on bubble)
Grand Canyon 73, #44 San Diego State 63 (Aztecs drop below bubble)
#45 VCU 89, George Washington 75 (Rams remain below bubble)
#46 UCF 82, #48 TCU 71 (Knights remain above bubble, Horned Frogs drop to on bubble)
#49 Miami U 86, UMass 77 (RedHawks remain MAC auto bid placeholder)

Wednesday Bubblicious Board
Ole Miss @ #43 Texas A&M, 6 (SECN)
DePaul @ #50 Seton Hall, 7 (TRUTV)
#27 Saint Mary's @ Seattle, 8 (CBSSN)
#32 Auburn @ Mississippi State, 8 (ESPN2)
Vanderbilt @ #65 Missouri, 8 (SECN)
Kansas @ #73 Oklahoma State, 8 (NBCSN/Peacock)
Illinois @ #47 USC, 9 (BTN)

Wednesday Game of the Day
Vanderbilt @ Missouri, 8 (SECN)

Bubblicious Snapshots (#41/#50/#52/#68)
A daily look at the bubble and watching it evolve & shrink leading up to Selection Sunday:

#41 (UCLA) NCAA Tournament Resume (best NET left out of '25 field)
NET: #41
Torvik (T-Rank): #42
Record vs. DI Opponents: 17-9, 9-6 Big Ten
True Road Record: 3-5
Strength of Record: #45
Wins Above Bubble: #44
Overall SOS: #44
Non-Conference SOS: #143
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 2-7 (22.2%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 6-9 (40%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 10-9 (52.6%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 1-7 (win #8 Purdue)

#50 (Seton Hall) NCAA Tournament Resume (mythical bubble cutline)
NET: #50
Torvik (T-Rank): #58
Record vs. DI Opponents: 18-8, 8-7 Big East
True Road Record: 5-4
Strength of Record: #48
Wins Above Bubble: #52
Overall SOS: #77
Non-Conference SOS: #249
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 1-5 (16.7%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 6-7 (46.2%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 12-8 (60%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 1-5 (win vs. #25 NC State)

#52 (Washington) NCAA Tournament Resume (worst at-large NET to make '25 field)
NET: #52
Torvik (T-Rank): #46
Record vs. DI Opponents: 13-13, 5-10 Big Ten
True Road Record: 3-7
Strength of Record: #75
Wins Above Bubble: #75
Overall SOS: #20
Non-Conference SOS: #245
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 1-9 (10%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 4-12 (25%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 8-13 (38.1%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 1-9 (win @ #47 USC)

#68 (Arizona State) NCAA Tournament Resume (if field was best NET 68)
NET: #68
Torvik (T-Rank): #60
Record vs. DI Opponents: 14-12, 5-8 Big XII
True Road Record: 2-6
Strength of Record: #62
Wins Above Bubble: #60
Overall SOS: #16
Non-Conference SOS: #48
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 3-9 (25%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 8-11 (42.1%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 11-11 (50%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 1 (#184 Oregon State)
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 4-8 (wins #16 Texas Tech, vs. #36 Texas, vs. #40 Santa Clara, @ #99 Hawaii)

Wednesday Pick to Click (58-45, 56.3%, L-1 streak) (post-Super Bowl 4-5, 44.4%)
Auburn -4.5 @ Mississippi State

Wednesday Outright +7.5 or More ‘Dog (21-82, 20.4%, L-4 streak)
DePaul (+8.5) outright @ Seton Hall

Deep Thoughts, by Buzz Studley
The only way the Mountain West should get two NCAA bids is if Utah State doesn’t win the MW Tournament. Neither New Mexico nor San Diego State have much meat on their tourney resume.
 




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