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Tommie Talk and the NET/Torvik Gospel
St. Thomas (15-5, 8-9 ATS)
NET: Tommies move up 1 spot to #122
Torvik (T-Rank): Tommies move up 1 spot to #112
(all rankings NET, all times Central)
Monday Summit League Results/Highlights
No games
Tuesday Summit League Slate
No games
Tuesday Reach the Summit Selections (17-5, 77.3%, 0 exactas)
None
Expected Top 5 (DU, NDSU, Omaha, SDSU, UST) Head-to-Head
Let's keep tabs on how the five teams expected to finish in the upper half/middle of the Summit fare head-to-head. The league's regular season champion(s) likely finishes with the best record in the head-to-head.
Head-to-Head
1. North Dakota State (3-0)
2. South Dakota State (2-1)
3. St. Thomas (1-1)
T4. Denver (0-2)
T4. Omaha (0-2)
Summit League Leader (North Dakota State) Resume Snapshot
Record vs. DI Opponents: 13-5, 6-0 Summit
Projected NCAA Tournament Seed: #15
True Road Record: 5-4
NET: #134
Torvik (T-Rank): #129
Strength of Record: #118
Wins Above Bubble: #128
Overall SOS: #359
Non-Conference SOS: #352
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 0-0
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 0-0
Record/Winning % vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 4-4 (50%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 1 (@ #283 UTEP)
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 0-0
Dribbles & Scribbles
-- 1st-year Division I team New Haven (9-10, 4-2 NEC) won at perennially awful Chicago State (2-17, 0-6). Can someone explain to me again why Chicago State is DI? If Division I basketball wanted to start trimming off some of the fat, the #352 Cougars and #365 Mississippi Valley State would be a good place to start.
-- There are six teams eligible for the NCAA Tournament and NIT for the first time this season. Let's take a look at how they're doing roughly 60% of the way through the regular season.
#122 St. Thomas (Summit): 15-5, 4-1, 2nd place
#189 Queens (ASUN): 11-8, 6-0, 1st place
#231 Lindenwood (OVC): 11-8, 5-3, tied for 4th place
#277 East Texas A&M (Southland): 8-12, 3-7 tied for 10th place
#335 Southern Indiana (OVC): 4-14, 1-7, 10th place
#338 Stonehill (NEC): 6-13, 3-3, tied for 5th place
-- NJIT (4-1) is the new America East leader after Albany's 75-68 win over Vermont. Albany, Vermont, UMass-Lowell, and UMBC all are a half game back at 3-1.
Monday Bubblicious Results (bubble teams underlined)
#55 VCU 79, Saint Joseph's 72
#62 George Mason 69, George Washington 94
Tuesday Bubblicious Tracker
Minnesota @ #37 Ohio State, 5:30 (BTN)
#47 LSU @ Florida, 6 (ESPN2)
#34 NC State @ Clemson, 6 (ACCN)
#48 Seton Hall @ Saint John's, 6 (FS1)
Florida State @ #30 Miami-Florida, 6 (ESPNU)
DePaul @ #53 Butler, 6:30 (TRUTV)
#75 Oklahoma State @ #49 TCU, 7 (ESPN+)
Rutgers @ #20 Iowa, 7:30 (BTN)
Texas Tech @ #45 Baylor, 8 (Peacock)
Georgia @ #67 Missouri, 8 (SECN)
#36 Auburn @ Ole Miss, 8 (ESPNU)
Daily Bubblicious Snapshots (#41, #50, #52, #68)
A daily look at the bubble and watching it evolve & shrink leading up to Selection Sunday:
#41 (Texas) NCAA Tournament Resume (best at-large NET# left out of 2025 field)
Record vs. DI Opponents: 10-7, 2-3 SEC
True Road Record: 1-2
NET: #41
Torvik (T-Rank): #42
Strength of Record: #60
Wins Above Bubble: #54
Overall SOS: #12
Non-Conference SOS: #65
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 3-4 (42.9%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 3-6 (33.3%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 3-7 (30%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 3-5 (wins over #13 Vanderbilt, @ #18 Alabama, #323 UMES)
#50 (USC) NCAA Tournament Resume (mythical Bubble cutline)
Record vs. DI Opponents: 13-4, 3-4 Big Ten
True Road Record: 3-2
NET: #50
Torvik (T-Rank): #53
Strength of Record: #29
Wins Above Bubble: #23
Overall SOS: #44
Non-Conference SOS: #242
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 1-3 (25%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 6-4 (60%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 10-4 (71.4%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 2-3 (wins vs. #48 Seton Hall, #104 Troy)
#52 (Miami-Ohio) NCAA Tournament Resume (worst at-large NET# to make 2025 field)
Record vs. DI Opponents: 16-0, 7-0 MAC
True Road Record: 7-0
NET: #52
Torvik (T-Rank): #76
Strength of Record: #21
Wins Above Bubble: #29
Overall SOS: #353
Non-Conference SOS: #363
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 0-0
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 3-0 (100%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 5-0 (100%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 1-0 (win @ #115 Wright State)
#68 (Stanford) NCAA Tournament Resume (if the field was best 68 NET)
Record vs. DI Opponents: 14-5, 3-3 ACC
True Road Record: 2-1
NET: #68
Torvik (T-Rank): #69
Strength of Record: #46
Wins Above Bubble: #40
Overall SOS: #59
Non-Conference SOS: #282
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 4-2 (66.7%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 6-2 (75%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 9-5 (64.3%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 5-2 (wins over #16 Louisville, vs. #22 Saint Louis, #29 North Carolina, @ #54 Virginia Tech, #136 Portland State)
Other Games to Watch
UCF @ Iowa State, 6 (CBSSN)
Indiana @ Michigan, 6 (NBCSN/Peacock)
Miami-Ohio @ Kent State, 6 (ESPN+)
Vanderbilt @ Arkansas, 8 (ESPN)
SMU @ Wake Forest, 8 (ACCN)
Purdue @ UCLA, 9 (NBCSN/Peacock)
Kansas @ Colorado, 10 (ESPN)
Tuesday Pick to Click (46-28, 62.2%, W-2 streak)
@ Iowa -19.5 over Rutgers
Tuesday Outright +7 or More ‘Dog (15-59, 20.3%, L-1 streak)
Minnesota (+7.5) outright @ Ohio State
Deep Thoughts, by Buzz Studley
The SEC is the deepest conference (top to bottom), the Big XII is the best conference, and the Big Ten has the best chance to cut down the nets in Indianapolis. All three things can be true.
St. Thomas (15-5, 8-9 ATS)
NET: Tommies move up 1 spot to #122
Torvik (T-Rank): Tommies move up 1 spot to #112
(all rankings NET, all times Central)
Monday Summit League Results/Highlights
No games
Tuesday Summit League Slate
No games
Tuesday Reach the Summit Selections (17-5, 77.3%, 0 exactas)
None
Expected Top 5 (DU, NDSU, Omaha, SDSU, UST) Head-to-Head
Let's keep tabs on how the five teams expected to finish in the upper half/middle of the Summit fare head-to-head. The league's regular season champion(s) likely finishes with the best record in the head-to-head.
Head-to-Head
1. North Dakota State (3-0)
2. South Dakota State (2-1)
3. St. Thomas (1-1)
T4. Denver (0-2)
T4. Omaha (0-2)
Summit League Leader (North Dakota State) Resume Snapshot
Record vs. DI Opponents: 13-5, 6-0 Summit
Projected NCAA Tournament Seed: #15
True Road Record: 5-4
NET: #134
Torvik (T-Rank): #129
Strength of Record: #118
Wins Above Bubble: #128
Overall SOS: #359
Non-Conference SOS: #352
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 0-0
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 0-0
Record/Winning % vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 4-4 (50%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 1 (@ #283 UTEP)
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 0-0
Dribbles & Scribbles
-- 1st-year Division I team New Haven (9-10, 4-2 NEC) won at perennially awful Chicago State (2-17, 0-6). Can someone explain to me again why Chicago State is DI? If Division I basketball wanted to start trimming off some of the fat, the #352 Cougars and #365 Mississippi Valley State would be a good place to start.
-- There are six teams eligible for the NCAA Tournament and NIT for the first time this season. Let's take a look at how they're doing roughly 60% of the way through the regular season.
#122 St. Thomas (Summit): 15-5, 4-1, 2nd place
#189 Queens (ASUN): 11-8, 6-0, 1st place
#231 Lindenwood (OVC): 11-8, 5-3, tied for 4th place
#277 East Texas A&M (Southland): 8-12, 3-7 tied for 10th place
#335 Southern Indiana (OVC): 4-14, 1-7, 10th place
#338 Stonehill (NEC): 6-13, 3-3, tied for 5th place
-- NJIT (4-1) is the new America East leader after Albany's 75-68 win over Vermont. Albany, Vermont, UMass-Lowell, and UMBC all are a half game back at 3-1.
Monday Bubblicious Results (bubble teams underlined)
#55 VCU 79, Saint Joseph's 72
#62 George Mason 69, George Washington 94
Tuesday Bubblicious Tracker
Minnesota @ #37 Ohio State, 5:30 (BTN)
#47 LSU @ Florida, 6 (ESPN2)
#34 NC State @ Clemson, 6 (ACCN)
#48 Seton Hall @ Saint John's, 6 (FS1)
Florida State @ #30 Miami-Florida, 6 (ESPNU)
DePaul @ #53 Butler, 6:30 (TRUTV)
#75 Oklahoma State @ #49 TCU, 7 (ESPN+)
Rutgers @ #20 Iowa, 7:30 (BTN)
Texas Tech @ #45 Baylor, 8 (Peacock)
Georgia @ #67 Missouri, 8 (SECN)
#36 Auburn @ Ole Miss, 8 (ESPNU)
Daily Bubblicious Snapshots (#41, #50, #52, #68)
A daily look at the bubble and watching it evolve & shrink leading up to Selection Sunday:
#41 (Texas) NCAA Tournament Resume (best at-large NET# left out of 2025 field)
Record vs. DI Opponents: 10-7, 2-3 SEC
True Road Record: 1-2
NET: #41
Torvik (T-Rank): #42
Strength of Record: #60
Wins Above Bubble: #54
Overall SOS: #12
Non-Conference SOS: #65
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 3-4 (42.9%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 3-6 (33.3%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 3-7 (30%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 3-5 (wins over #13 Vanderbilt, @ #18 Alabama, #323 UMES)
#50 (USC) NCAA Tournament Resume (mythical Bubble cutline)
Record vs. DI Opponents: 13-4, 3-4 Big Ten
True Road Record: 3-2
NET: #50
Torvik (T-Rank): #53
Strength of Record: #29
Wins Above Bubble: #23
Overall SOS: #44
Non-Conference SOS: #242
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 1-3 (25%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 6-4 (60%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 10-4 (71.4%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 2-3 (wins vs. #48 Seton Hall, #104 Troy)
#52 (Miami-Ohio) NCAA Tournament Resume (worst at-large NET# to make 2025 field)
Record vs. DI Opponents: 16-0, 7-0 MAC
True Road Record: 7-0
NET: #52
Torvik (T-Rank): #76
Strength of Record: #21
Wins Above Bubble: #29
Overall SOS: #353
Non-Conference SOS: #363
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 0-0
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 3-0 (100%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 5-0 (100%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 1-0 (win @ #115 Wright State)
#68 (Stanford) NCAA Tournament Resume (if the field was best 68 NET)
Record vs. DI Opponents: 14-5, 3-3 ACC
True Road Record: 2-1
NET: #68
Torvik (T-Rank): #69
Strength of Record: #46
Wins Above Bubble: #40
Overall SOS: #59
Non-Conference SOS: #282
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 4-2 (66.7%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 6-2 (75%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 9-5 (64.3%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 5-2 (wins over #16 Louisville, vs. #22 Saint Louis, #29 North Carolina, @ #54 Virginia Tech, #136 Portland State)
Other Games to Watch
UCF @ Iowa State, 6 (CBSSN)
Indiana @ Michigan, 6 (NBCSN/Peacock)
Miami-Ohio @ Kent State, 6 (ESPN+)
Vanderbilt @ Arkansas, 8 (ESPN)
SMU @ Wake Forest, 8 (ACCN)
Purdue @ UCLA, 9 (NBCSN/Peacock)
Kansas @ Colorado, 10 (ESPN)
Tuesday Pick to Click (46-28, 62.2%, W-2 streak)
@ Iowa -19.5 over Rutgers
Tuesday Outright +7 or More ‘Dog (15-59, 20.3%, L-1 streak)
Minnesota (+7.5) outright @ Ohio State
Deep Thoughts, by Buzz Studley
The SEC is the deepest conference (top to bottom), the Big XII is the best conference, and the Big Ten has the best chance to cut down the nets in Indianapolis. All three things can be true.