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Tommie Talk and the NET/Torvik Gospel
St. Thomas (14-4, 7-8 ATS)
NET: Tommies stay at #115
Torvik (T-Rank): Tommies fall 1 spot to #108
(all rankings are NET) (all times are Central)
Tuesday Summit League Results/Highlights
No games
Wednesday Summit League Slate
#178 South Dakota State (2-1) @ #139 North Dakota State (4-0), 7 (SLN)
#288 Oral Roberts (0-3) @ #244 Denver (1-3), 8 (SLN)
Wednesday Reach the Summit Selections (12-4, 75%, 0 exactas)
North Dakota State over South Dakota State by 4
Denver over Oral Roberts by 7
Expected Top 5 (DU, NDSU, Omaha, SDSU, UST) Head-to-Head
Will Kansas City, North Dakota, Oral Roberts, or South Dakota supplant one of the expected top five?
The Big 5
1. South Dakota State (2-0)
2. North Dakota State (1-0)
St. Thomas (1-0)
4. Omaha (0-2)
Denver (0-2)
Summit League Leader (North Dakota State) Resume Snapshot
Record vs. DI Opponents: 11-5, 4-0 Summit
Projected NCAA Tournament Seed: #15
True Road Record: 5-4
NET: #139
Torvik (T-Rank): #132
Strength of Record: #139
Wins Above Bubble: #153
Overall SOS: #358
Non-Conference SOS: #352
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 0-0
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 0-1 (0%)
Record/Winning % vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 3-4 (42.9%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 1 (@ #278 UTEP)
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 0-1
Dribbles & Scribbles
-- Summit League bell cows South Dakota State (2-1) and North Dakota State (4-0) meet in Fargo tonight. It is the first of three key showdowns this week to establish the early leader at the quarter point of the league season. On Thursday St. Thomas (3-0) visits Grand Forks to take on North Dakota (3-1), then goes to Fargo on Saturday to battle the Bison.
-- Wisconsin moved off the bubble with a 78-75 win over Minnesota on a John Blackwell buzzer-beating three-pointer. The Badgers have their mojo back after consecutive wins over UCLA, previously undefeated Michigan, and the plucky, but undermanned Gophers.
-- It was a rough night on the bubble for the Oklahoma schools. Oklahoma was routed at home by Florida 96-79, while Oklahoma State also took a big digger at home, falling to fellow bubbler Baylor 94-79.
-- We have bubbler on bubbler crime tonight with Kentucky @ LSU. The Wildcats haven't won a true road game (0-2), and the Tigers have lost three straight.
Tuesday Bubblicious Results (bubble teams underlined)
#32 Miami-Florida 81, @ Notre Dame 69
@ Michigan State 81, #36 Indiana 60
#38 Wisconsin 78, @ Minnesota 75
@ #41 New Mexico 87, Grand Canyon 64
#42 Baylor 94, @ #73 Oklahoma State 79
@ #44 Miami-Ohio 100, Central Michigan 61
@ Tennessee 87, #47 Texas A&M 82
@ #51 Creighton 86, Georgetown 83
#66 George Mason 82, @ Loyola-Chicago 74
Florida 96, @ Kansas City @ #71 Oklahoma 79
Wednesday Bubblicious Tracker
#56 VCU @ Rhode Island, 5 (CBSSN)
#21 Iowa @ Purdue, 5:30 (BTN)
#34 Kentucky @ #46 LSU, 6 (SECN)
Davidson @ #62 George Washington, 6 (ESPN+)
#68 Colorado @ Cincinnati, 6 (NBCSN)
Auburn @ #72 Missouri, 6 (ESPN2)
Fordham @ #24 Saint Louis, 7 (ESPN+)
#64 San Diego State @ Wyoming, 7 (CBSSN)
#48 UCLA @ Penn State, 7:30 (FS1)
Vanderbilt @ #50 Texas, 8 (ESPN2)
North Carolina @ #69 Stanford, 8 (ACCN)
Pacific @ #52 Santa Clara, 9 (ESPN+)
Michigan @ #55 Washington, 9:30 (BTN)
#43 TCU @ BYU, 10 (ESPN2)
Duke @ #67 Cal, 10 (ACCN)
Daily Bubblicious Snapshots (#41, #50, #52, #68)
A daily look at the bubble, with the purpose of watching it evolve & shrink leading up to Selection Sunday. ...
#41 (New Mexico) NCAA Tournament Resume (best at-large NET# left out of 2025 field)
Record vs. DI Opponents: 13-3, 5-1 Mountain West
True Road Record: 3-2
NET: #41
Torvik (T-Rank): #40
Strength of Record: #43
Wins Above Bubble: #39
Overall SOS: #139
Non-Conference SOS: #132
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 1-1 (50%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 4-2 (66.7%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 7-3 (70%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 0-1
#50 (Texas) NCAA Tournament Resume (mythical Bubble cutline)
Record vs. DI Opponents: 9-1, 1-2 SEC
True Road Record: 1-2
NET: #50
Torvik (T-Rank): #46
Strength of Record: #67
Wins Above Bubble: #61
Overall SOS: #19
Non-Conference SOS: #62
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 2-4 (33.3%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 2-5 (28.6%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 2-6 (25%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 3-4 (wins over #17 Alabama, #31 NC State, #322 UMES)
#52 (Santa Clara) NCAA Tournament Resume (worst at-large NET# to make 2025 field)
Record vs. DI Opponents: 13-5, 5-1 WCC
True Road Record: 3-2
NET: #52
Torvik (T-Rank): #38
Strength of Record: #65
Wins Above Bubble: #65
Overall SOS: #116
Non-Conference SOS: #109
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 0-3 (0%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 3-4 (42.9%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 9-4 (69.2%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 1 (vs. #318 Loyola-Chicago)
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 1-2 (win over #49 McNeese)
#68 (Colorado) NCAA Tournament Resume (if the field was best 68 NET)
Record vs. DI Opponents: 12-4, 2-1 Big XII
True Road Record: 1-1
NET: #68
Torvik (T-Rank): #89
Strength of Record: #66
Wins Above Bubble: #68
Overall SOS: #180
Non-Conference SOS: #288
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 0-1 (0%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 2-3 (40%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 8-4 (66.7%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 1-2 (win over #130 Portland State)
Other Games to Watch
High Point @ Winthrop, 5:30 (ESPN+)
Saint Peter's @ Quinnipiac, 6 (ESPN+)
Southern Miss @ Troy, 6 (ESPN+)
Temple @ Memphis, 7 (ESPN+)
South Dakota State @ North Dakota State, 7 (SLN)
Wednesday Pick to Click (41-27, 60.3%, L-2)
San Diego State -1.5 @ Wyoming
Wednesday Outright +7 or More ‘Dog (12-56, 17.6%, L-3 streak)
@ Western Carolina (+7.5) outright over East Tennessee State
Deep Thoughts, by Buzz Studley
Villanova head coach Kevin Willard takes a lot of grief from college basketball "insiders" and fans, but from what I’ve seen he’s been a good coach everywhere (Iona, Seton Hall, Maryland) he’s been.
St. Thomas (14-4, 7-8 ATS)
NET: Tommies stay at #115
Torvik (T-Rank): Tommies fall 1 spot to #108
(all rankings are NET) (all times are Central)
Tuesday Summit League Results/Highlights
No games
Wednesday Summit League Slate
#178 South Dakota State (2-1) @ #139 North Dakota State (4-0), 7 (SLN)
#288 Oral Roberts (0-3) @ #244 Denver (1-3), 8 (SLN)
Wednesday Reach the Summit Selections (12-4, 75%, 0 exactas)
North Dakota State over South Dakota State by 4
Denver over Oral Roberts by 7
Expected Top 5 (DU, NDSU, Omaha, SDSU, UST) Head-to-Head
Will Kansas City, North Dakota, Oral Roberts, or South Dakota supplant one of the expected top five?
The Big 5
1. South Dakota State (2-0)
2. North Dakota State (1-0)
St. Thomas (1-0)
4. Omaha (0-2)
Denver (0-2)
Summit League Leader (North Dakota State) Resume Snapshot
Record vs. DI Opponents: 11-5, 4-0 Summit
Projected NCAA Tournament Seed: #15
True Road Record: 5-4
NET: #139
Torvik (T-Rank): #132
Strength of Record: #139
Wins Above Bubble: #153
Overall SOS: #358
Non-Conference SOS: #352
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 0-0
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 0-1 (0%)
Record/Winning % vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 3-4 (42.9%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 1 (@ #278 UTEP)
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 0-1
Dribbles & Scribbles
-- Summit League bell cows South Dakota State (2-1) and North Dakota State (4-0) meet in Fargo tonight. It is the first of three key showdowns this week to establish the early leader at the quarter point of the league season. On Thursday St. Thomas (3-0) visits Grand Forks to take on North Dakota (3-1), then goes to Fargo on Saturday to battle the Bison.
-- Wisconsin moved off the bubble with a 78-75 win over Minnesota on a John Blackwell buzzer-beating three-pointer. The Badgers have their mojo back after consecutive wins over UCLA, previously undefeated Michigan, and the plucky, but undermanned Gophers.
-- It was a rough night on the bubble for the Oklahoma schools. Oklahoma was routed at home by Florida 96-79, while Oklahoma State also took a big digger at home, falling to fellow bubbler Baylor 94-79.
-- We have bubbler on bubbler crime tonight with Kentucky @ LSU. The Wildcats haven't won a true road game (0-2), and the Tigers have lost three straight.
Tuesday Bubblicious Results (bubble teams underlined)
#32 Miami-Florida 81, @ Notre Dame 69
@ Michigan State 81, #36 Indiana 60
#38 Wisconsin 78, @ Minnesota 75
@ #41 New Mexico 87, Grand Canyon 64
#42 Baylor 94, @ #73 Oklahoma State 79
@ #44 Miami-Ohio 100, Central Michigan 61
@ Tennessee 87, #47 Texas A&M 82
@ #51 Creighton 86, Georgetown 83
#66 George Mason 82, @ Loyola-Chicago 74
Florida 96, @ Kansas City @ #71 Oklahoma 79
Wednesday Bubblicious Tracker
#56 VCU @ Rhode Island, 5 (CBSSN)
#21 Iowa @ Purdue, 5:30 (BTN)
#34 Kentucky @ #46 LSU, 6 (SECN)
Davidson @ #62 George Washington, 6 (ESPN+)
#68 Colorado @ Cincinnati, 6 (NBCSN)
Auburn @ #72 Missouri, 6 (ESPN2)
Fordham @ #24 Saint Louis, 7 (ESPN+)
#64 San Diego State @ Wyoming, 7 (CBSSN)
#48 UCLA @ Penn State, 7:30 (FS1)
Vanderbilt @ #50 Texas, 8 (ESPN2)
North Carolina @ #69 Stanford, 8 (ACCN)
Pacific @ #52 Santa Clara, 9 (ESPN+)
Michigan @ #55 Washington, 9:30 (BTN)
#43 TCU @ BYU, 10 (ESPN2)
Duke @ #67 Cal, 10 (ACCN)
Daily Bubblicious Snapshots (#41, #50, #52, #68)
A daily look at the bubble, with the purpose of watching it evolve & shrink leading up to Selection Sunday. ...
#41 (New Mexico) NCAA Tournament Resume (best at-large NET# left out of 2025 field)
Record vs. DI Opponents: 13-3, 5-1 Mountain West
True Road Record: 3-2
NET: #41
Torvik (T-Rank): #40
Strength of Record: #43
Wins Above Bubble: #39
Overall SOS: #139
Non-Conference SOS: #132
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 1-1 (50%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 4-2 (66.7%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 7-3 (70%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 0-1
#50 (Texas) NCAA Tournament Resume (mythical Bubble cutline)
Record vs. DI Opponents: 9-1, 1-2 SEC
True Road Record: 1-2
NET: #50
Torvik (T-Rank): #46
Strength of Record: #67
Wins Above Bubble: #61
Overall SOS: #19
Non-Conference SOS: #62
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 2-4 (33.3%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 2-5 (28.6%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 2-6 (25%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 3-4 (wins over #17 Alabama, #31 NC State, #322 UMES)
#52 (Santa Clara) NCAA Tournament Resume (worst at-large NET# to make 2025 field)
Record vs. DI Opponents: 13-5, 5-1 WCC
True Road Record: 3-2
NET: #52
Torvik (T-Rank): #38
Strength of Record: #65
Wins Above Bubble: #65
Overall SOS: #116
Non-Conference SOS: #109
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 0-3 (0%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 3-4 (42.9%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 9-4 (69.2%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 1 (vs. #318 Loyola-Chicago)
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 1-2 (win over #49 McNeese)
#68 (Colorado) NCAA Tournament Resume (if the field was best 68 NET)
Record vs. DI Opponents: 12-4, 2-1 Big XII
True Road Record: 1-1
NET: #68
Torvik (T-Rank): #89
Strength of Record: #66
Wins Above Bubble: #68
Overall SOS: #180
Non-Conference SOS: #288
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 0-1 (0%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 2-3 (40%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 8-4 (66.7%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 1-2 (win over #130 Portland State)
Other Games to Watch
High Point @ Winthrop, 5:30 (ESPN+)
Saint Peter's @ Quinnipiac, 6 (ESPN+)
Southern Miss @ Troy, 6 (ESPN+)
Temple @ Memphis, 7 (ESPN+)
South Dakota State @ North Dakota State, 7 (SLN)
Wednesday Pick to Click (41-27, 60.3%, L-2)
San Diego State -1.5 @ Wyoming
Wednesday Outright +7 or More ‘Dog (12-56, 17.6%, L-3 streak)
@ Western Carolina (+7.5) outright over East Tennessee State
Deep Thoughts, by Buzz Studley
Villanova head coach Kevin Willard takes a lot of grief from college basketball "insiders" and fans, but from what I’ve seen he’s been a good coach everywhere (Iona, Seton Hall, Maryland) he’s been.
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