Coming into Tuesday night, I did not have Alabama or Baylor in my field of 68 while other sites did. Fortunately for me, Alabama and Baylor shared my sentiments about them as Alabama was hammered 78-51 on the road by Florida and Baylor lost a crucial road game to Oklahoma State 71-60.
Illinois fell to 8-9 in the Big Ten by losing a tough hard fought game at Purdue 75-67; however, they have not fallen out of the field completely. A win at home at Indiana on Saturday would get Illinois to 9-9 in the Big Ten. The Illini cannot afford to lose to Indiana on Saturday or to lose to a subpar team in the upcoming Big Ten tournament.
Missouri fell to Nebraska on the road tonight as Missouri finish their near imperfect off Big 12 road record (1-7). Overall, Missouri falls to 21-8 and 8-7 in the Big 12. Missouri will likely wind up with an RPI in the mid 30’s tomorrow morning and does hold non-conference wins over Vanderbilt, Old Dominion, and Illinois. A win at home on Saturday versus Kansas would go a long way to securing a bid; otherwise, they better avoid losing their first big 12 tournament game next Wednesday. As for Nebraska, they need to win at Colorado on Saturday to finish 8-8 in the conference and have a chance to be in the conversation come Selection Sunday.
Penn State had a big chance to make a statement to stay in the conversation tonight with a win at home against Ohio State. Instead, they got a giant beat down and fell to 15-13 on the year and 8-9 in the Big Ten. Penn State does have 3 wins over top 50 RPI teams and a top 10 SOS, so they are not completely eliminated yet in this weak bubble year.
Well, well, well. I didn’t hear Seth Greenberg on Saturday Night but I am sure he had some rant on ESPN about how his team deserved to make the tournament last year. Well. Tonight at home, after beating Duke on Saturday…….wait for it…….Virginia Tech………….got destroyed at home by Boston College 76-61. Unfortunately for Boston College, they still only have 1 top 50 RPI win and have a 7-10 record against the top 100 RPI. They do hold 2 wins over Va Tech, which could help them Selection Sunday. I did not have Boston College in the field yesterday and I am not quite ready to put them in yet. Therefore, no changes to the field as of tonight.
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