Feb. 25: College Hoops Summit & Bubblicious Board: Omaha-South Dakota Kick Off Final Week of Summit Hoops on National TV

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ST. THOMAS (21-8 overall, 12-14 ATS)
NET:
Tommies move up 1 spot to #113
Torvik (T-Rank): Tommies drop 2 spots to #123

Tuesday Summit League Results/Highlights
No games

Wednesday Summit League Slate
#247 Omaha @ #291 South Dakota, 6 (CBSSN)

Wednesday Reach the Summit Selections (46-18, 71.9%, 4 exactas)
Omaha over South Dakota by 4

Versus the Top 5 (NDSU/UST/UND/Omaha/Denver) 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 (5-1)
2. Omaha (4-3)
3. North Dakota (3-4)
4. Denver (3-5)
5. St. Thomas (2-4)

PROJECTED Final Summit League Standings/Seeding (updated through Feb. 24)
1 North Dakota State (14-2)
2 St. Thomas (12-4)
3 North Dakota (10-6)
4 Omaha (9-7) -- earn tiebreaker with sweep of Denver
5 Denver (9-7)
6 South Dakota State (8-8)
7 South Dakota (6-10)
8 Oral Roberts (3-13)
9 Kansas City (1-15)

Tuesday Bubblicious Board Results (updated bubble status)
Virginia 90, #28 NC State 61 (Wolfpack remain a near lock)
#34 Miami (FL) 83, Florida State 73 (Hurricanes remain a near lock)
Oklahoma 91, #36 Auburn 79 (Tigers drop to on the bubble)
#39 UCLA 81, #58 USC 62 (Bruins move up to near lock; Trojans drop to longshot)
Northwestern 72, #40 Indiana 68 (Hoosiers remain on the bubble)
#43 UCF 97, BYU 84 (Knights move up to near lock)
Nevada 67, #44 New Mexico 60 (Lobos remain on the bubble)
#45 TCU 90, Arizona State 78 (Horned Frogs move above the bubble)
Texas Tech 80, #51 Cincinnati 68 (Bearcats remain a longshot)
#57 Missouri 73, Tennessee 69 (Tigers move above the bubble)

Wednesday Bubblicious Board Slate
#33 Georgia @ Vanderbilt, 6 (SECN)
Florida @ #37 Texas, 6 (ESPN2)
Pitt @ #75 Stanford, 7 (ACCN)
#35 Ohio State @ #27 Iowa, 8 (BTN)
#42 Texas A&M @ Arkansas, 8 (ESPN2)
#30 SMU @ #59 Cal, 9 (ACCN)
#41 Santa Clara @ #26 Saint Mary's, 10 (CBSSN)
Utah State @ #46 San Diego State, 10 (FS1)

Wednesday Game of the Day
Santa Clara @ Saint Mary's

It Was a Great Day For. ...
Missouri -- The Tigers now own wins over four sure-fire NCAA Tournament teams, Florida, Kentucky (road), Vanderbilt, and Tennessee.

It Was a Bad Day For. ...
Indiana -- The Hoosiers already suspect tournament resume took a huge hit with a home loss to Northwestern and now have three losses to likely non-tournament teams (also Minnesota & USC).

Bubblicious Snapshots
A daily look at two bubble teams as we wind our way to Selection Sunday:

#36 (Auburn) NCAA Tournament Resume
NET: #36
Torvik (T-Rank): #40
Record vs. DI Opponents: 15-13, 6-9 SEC
True Road Record: 2-7
Strength of Record: #42
Wins Above Bubble: #42
Overall SOS: #1
Non-Conference SOS: #16
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 5-11 (31.3%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 7-13 (35%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 9-13 (40.9%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 8-11 (wins @ #7 Florida, #18 Arkansas, vs. #22 Saint John's, #28 NC State, #29 Kentucky, #37 Texas, #182 Merrimack, #255 Bethune-Cookman)

#59 (Cal) NCAA Tournament Resume
NET: #59
Torvik (T-Rank): #58
Record vs. DI Opponents: 18-8, 7-7 ACC
True Road Record: 3-5
Strength of Record: #50
Wins Above Bubble: #49
Overall SOS: #76
Non-Conference SOS: #331
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 4-4 (50%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 5-8 (38.5%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 10-8 (55.6%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 4-4 (wins #25 North Carolina, @ #34 Miami (FL), vs. #39 UCLA, #148 Wright State)

BUBBLICIOUS BOARD (through Tuesday, Feb. 24)
Automatic Bid Placeholders (31) = 31
America East: UMBC
American: South Florida
ACC: Duke
ASUN: Austin Peay
Atlantic 10: Saint Louis
Big East: Saint John's
Big Sky: Portland State
Big South: High Point
Big Ten: Michigan
Big XII: Arizona
Big West: Hawaii
Coastal: UNC-Wilmington
Conference USA: Liberty
Horizon: Wright State
Ivy: Yale
MAAC: Merrimack
MAC: Miami U
MEAC: Howard
Missouri Valley: Belmont
Mountain West: Utah State
NEC: LIU
OVC: Morehead State
Patriot: Navy
SEC: Florida
SoCon: East Tennessee State
Southland: Stephen F. Austin
SWAC: Bethune-Cookman
Summit: North Dakota State
Sun Belt: Appalachian State
WCC: Gonzaga
WAC: Utah Tech

At-Large Locks (20) = 51
Illinois (4)
Purdue (6)
Iowa State (8)
Houston (9)
UConn (10)
Nebraska (11)
Michigan State (12)
Virginia (13)
Kansas (14)
Texas Tech (15)
Louisville (16)
Vanderbilt (17)
Arkansas (18)
Alabama (19)
Tennessee (20)
BYU (21)
North Carolina (25)
Kentucky (29)
Villanova (31)
Wisconsin (32)

Near Locks (9) (need 1 or 2 more wins) = 60
Saint Mary's (26)
Iowa (27)
NC State (28)
SMU (30)
Georgia (33)
Miami (FL) (34)
Clemson (38)
UCLA (39)
UCF (43)

Slightly Above the Bubble (3) = 63
Texas (37)
TCU (45)
Missouri (57)

On the Bubble (9) -- for 5 available at-large bids
Ohio State (35)
Auburn (36)
Indiana (40)
Santa Clara (41)
Texas A&M (42)
New Mexico (44)
VCU (47)
Virginia Tech (50)
Cal (59)

Longshots (5)
San Diego State (46)
Cincinnati (51)
Seton Hall (55)
USC (63)
Stanford (75)

Wednesday Pick to Click (63-47, 57.3%, W-1 streak) (post-Super Bowl 9-7, 56.3%)
Wisconsin -4.5 @ Oregon
 
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