Feb. 9: College Hoops Summit: Big Ten Has Bevy of Bubble Teams

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ST. THOMAS (20-6 overall, 9-2 Summit League, 11-12 ATS)
NET:
Tommies remain #109
Torvik (T-Rank): Tommies drop 1 spot to #123

Sunday Summit League Results/Highlights
None

Monday Summit League Slate
No games

Monday Reach the Summit Selections (33-13, 71.7%, 3 exactas)
None

Current Top 5 (NDSU/UST/UND/USD/Omaha) 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 (5-0)
2. North Dakota (3-2)
St. Thomas (3-2)
4. Omaha (1-4)
5. South Dakota State (1-5)

Summit League Best NET (St. Thomas) Resume Snapshot
NET: #109
Torvik (T-Rank): #123
Record vs. DI Opponents: 17-6, 9-2 Summit
True Road Record: 7-4
Projected NCAA Tournament Seed: n/a
Strength of Record: #104
Wins Above Bubble: #94
Overall SOS: #326
Non-Conference SOS: #289
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 0-1 (0%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 0-3 (0%)
Record/Winning % vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 5-5 (50%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 1 (#275 North Dakota)
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 0-2

Dribbles & Scribbles
-- Through Feb. 8, I have 14 teams battling for 10 available at-large bids, including five from the Big Ten. I'll have my updated Field of 68 projection on the "St. Thomas Basketball & Summit League" forum later this morning:

#29 Saint Mary's
#33 Indiana
#34 SMU
#36 Texas
#37 Miami (FL)
#38 UCLA
#40 Ohio State
#42 San Diego State
#43 Wisconsin
#48 USC
#53 TCU
#55 Viginia Tech
#60 Cal
#62 Missouri

-- Teams still on my "Bubblicious Board" but not given serious at-large consideration for this week's projection:

#45 New Mexico
#46 Baylor
#49 VCU
#52 Seton Hall
#54 Boise State
#66 Oklahoma State
#70 Stanford

Sunday Bubblicious Results (bubble teams underlined)
Michigan 82, #40 Ohio State 61
South Florida 80, #47 Tulsa 74
#48 USC 77, Penn State 75

Monday Bubblicious Tracker
#56 Belmont @ Bradley, 7 (ESPN+)
Oregon @ #33 Indiana, 7:30 (FS1)

Monday Game of the Day
Arizona @ Kansas, 8 (ESPN)

Other Games to Watch
Xavier @ Saint John's, 5:30 (FS1)
NC State @ Louisville, 6 (ESPN)
UNC-Wilmington @ College of Charleston, 7 (CBSSN)

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

#41 (Santa Clara) NCAA Tournament Resume (best NET# left out of '25 field)
NET: #41
Torvik (T-Rank): #35
Record vs. DI Opponents: 20-5, 12-1 WCC
True Road Record: 7-2
Strength of Record: #45
Wins Above Bubble: #41
Overall SOS: #101
Non-Conference SOS: #98
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 1-3 (25%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 7-4 (63.6%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 15-4 (78.9%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 1 (vs. #308 Loyola-Chicago)
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 1-3 (win #29 Saint Mary's)

#50 (Miami (OH)) NCAA Tournament Resume (worst at-large NET# to make '25 field)
NET: #50
Torvik (T-Rank): #80
Record vs. DI Opponents: 21-0, 11-0 MAC
True Road Record: 10-0
Strength of Record: #25
Wins Above Bubble: #34
Overall SOS: #349
Non-Conference SOS: #360
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 0-0
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 2-0 (100%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 8-0 (100%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 1-0 (win @ #130 Wright State)

#52 (Seton Hall) NCAA Tournament Resume (mythical Bubble cutline)
NET: #52
Torvik (T-Rank): #58
Record vs. DI Opponents: 16-8, 6-7 Big East
True Road Record: 4-4
Strength of Record: #56
Wins Above Bubble: #59
Overall SOS: #76
Non-Conference SOS: #242
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 1-4 (20%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 5-8 (38.5%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 9-8 (52.9%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 1-5 (vs. #27 NC State)

#68 (Syracuse) NCAA Tournament Resume (if field was best NET 68)
NET: #68
Torvik (T-Rank): #62
Record vs. DI Opponents: 13-11, 4-7 ACC
True Road Record: 2-4
Strength of Record: #83
Wins Above Bubble: #75
Overall SOS: #51
Non-Conference SOS: #82
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 1-7 (12.5%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 2-9 (18.2%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 6-11 (35.3%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 1-8 (win #21 Tennessee)

Monday Pick to Click (54-40, 57.4%, W-1 streak)
Belmont -2.5 @ Bradley

Monday Outright +7 or More ‘Dog (20-74, 21.3%, L-3 streak)
Alabama State (+7.5) outright @ Southern

Deep Thoughts, by Buzz Studley
How many teams can win six straight and cut down the nets on Championship Monday? I think there are 10:

Arizona, Duke, Florida, Houston, Illinois, Iowa State, Kansas, Michigan, Purdue, and UConn.
 




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