Road to Selection Sunday: NCAA Field Taking Shape; 8 Available Bids as of Thursday

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With 17 days until Selection Sunday, I have 18 teams in contention for 8 available at-large bids. It is possible that a team can drop from lock status back to the bubble, but I feel comfortable that the at-large locks will be in the Field of 68 barring a major meltdown down the stretch. Here's the breakdown through games played on Wednesday. Remember, this list will become more fluid once conference tournaments begin next Tuesday.

http://www.forums.gopherhole.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1343
 

Thanks again SS for your work on Selection Sunday. One thing for sure you have pretty much taken the mystery out of Selection Sunday for me. Now I just have to look at you FIELD Updates. I used to just go on uninformed personal speculation.

Now, for what perhaps is a question that has an obvious answer and maybe you have covered it before. How much of a difference is expanding the Field to 68 this year helping the Gophers chances of making the Tournament? Was it just the at-larges that increased by 3 this year? By looking at your Bubble the Gophers are 6 --- so just out of curiosity if this was last year would the Gophers now Occupy the 1 Spot in your first OUT list?

This is the time of year when I start looking at your reports a lil more diligently. So, Thanks again for your reports and by the looks of the Gophers performance we will have to watch closely. BTO.
 

I only re-evaluate the bracket in its entirety every Sunday night, but as of today I would not have the Gophers in the tournament. On too much of a decline these last few weeks. However, they clearly have one of the better bubble resumes if they can simply win about 3 more games (3+0 or 2+1). I still think 9-9 will be more than enough to lock up a bid (no matter what happens in Indy), but I'm not ready to say 8-10 will do it.

That said. ... if by chance there are only one or teams to make the NCAA Tournament with losing conference records, the Gophers would be one of the most likely candidates. I wouldn't want to bank on that, but it is a possibility.
 

Thanks SS. I'll check Sunday Night - or Monday morn. Hard to believe but an interesting possibility that you raise with a sub .500 conf record.
 

Marquette just beat UConn, so that's not good for anybody.
 



SelectionSunday said:
I only re-evaluate the bracket in its entirety every Sunday night, but as of today I would not have the Gophers in the tournament. On too much of a decline these last few weeks. However, they clearly have one of the better bubble resumes if they can simply win about 3 more games (3+0 or 2+1). I still think 9-9 will be more than enough to lock up a bid (no matter what happens in Indy), but I'm not ready to say 8-10 will do it.

That said. ... if by chance there are only one or teams to make the NCAA Tournament with losing conference records, the Gophers would be one of the most likely candidates. I wouldn't want to bank on that, but it is a possibility.
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Happy to see K-St "in" on your list. My friend on K-St staff thinks they still have work to do.
 

I really wish there was a year where I didnt have to look at your post at all and for sure know that the gophs are all ready in the tourny.

Thanks for posting
 

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