Syracuse started today on the bubble against a North Carolina State team that probably needed a big run to get to the tournament. Syracuse destroyed them – while I haven’t evaluated their profile, they looked like a tournament team today.

Duke also continued their improbable run. They set up the game they needed to tomorrow against second seed Florida State.

Louisville could have used the win today to help their resume – but before you start thinking crazy things like Duke just jumped over Louisville – remember they beat Duke twice in the regular season and have a better record than the Blue Devils. Louisville might be a little more nervous on the bubble, but at this second, they are more worried about other teams on the bubble. Duke still needs to get past Florida State to get back into the discussion (at least in my opinion).

Clemson went from comfortably in to maybe not as comfortably in – losing a close game to Miami FL. And Xavier blew a 19 point lead to watch their bubble get dangerously close to popping by losing to Butler in overtime.

The crazy NET story from the Patriot league is doing just fine – Colgate is up by 31 points against Bucknell – and there is still 16 minutes to play.

So – a little bit of drama in the ACC and Big East. But the big stories are still to come likely tomorrow.