NOTES SINCE WEDNESDAY
A bit of shuffling was done to put Michigan State in the West and open the tournament in Buffalo to allow a smoother path for the committee policies surrounding the BYU Cougars. Illinois was switched to the East, which allows them to open the tournament in St. Louis.
Miami’s road win elevated the Canes to a 7-seed and sent SMU to the extremes of the bubble. The ponies have a pressure-packed game coming tomorrow at Florida State.
The Bubble is full of big games this weekend. I sent a full overview of the high-impact games to Twitter yesterday:
New Mexico’s home loss to Colorado State was a big hit to the Lobos tournament credentials. Indiana goes into the bracket as essentially a placeholder for the time being. As noted above, the weekend will be a separator for several teams, including the Hoosiers.
We have our first STUNNER! Belmont gets knocked off by 9-seeded Drake. The Bruins are an automatic bid for the NIT. Drake goes to the Arch Madness Semifinals after a really rough conference season. Bradley, for now, is the highest-remaining seed and into the forecast for the first time this year.
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