Indiana started the day off by beating Big 10 regular season co-champs Illinois. Shortly after that, fellow bubble team Texas A&M took out #4th ranked Auburn in the SEC. In the Big East, #11th Providence got blown out of the water by Creighton 85-58.

Smaller conferences felt the upsets harder. Conf USA regular season champ North Texas lost in an ugly game to Louisiana Tech 42-36. MAC regular season champ Toledo lost by 8 to Akron. Unlike Illinois and Auburn, those losses likely mean North Texas and Toledo are heading to the NIT. North Texas possibly might make it on the bubble, but I don’t see the committee letting them in after only scoring 36 on Louisiana Tech.

And just now Michigan State upset the other Big 10 regular season co-champ Wisconsin 69-63. Hearing the announcer say that this was the 4th straight upset based on seed (technically Iowa was the 5 seed as they beat 4 seed Rutgers) made me very nervous as my Boilers prepare next to play against 11 seed Penn State.

Looks like Duke is going to survive a scare against Miami FL, and Kentucky appears to be in a battle in the first half against Vanderbilt. And not all the best teams are losing – Kansas just beat a really tough TCU team by 13. But still, Friday has been both a good and bad day for the bubble.

It has been great because bubble teams are winning their games and making their conference semi-finals and finals. But it is bad because with so many bubble teams winning and potentially even stealing an auto-bid (Creighton might already be in – but one more win ensures it), the teams that did not take advantage in the last few days might see themselves on the wrong side of the bubble Sunday evening.

Well – my Boilers about to play – hope they do well tonight.