Friday has brought lots of excitement.\u00a0 How about Texas A&M hitting a 3 pointer with 4 seconds left against Alabama to take a 1 point lead to then watch the Tide’s star player Collin Sexton drive down the court to hit a runner in the lane to potentially save Alabama’s season.<\/p>\n
How about Conference USA becoming a wide-open bid stealing league as regular season champion Middle Tennessee State (with a 27 RPI) lost in overtime to Southern Miss – a team they beat twice by double digits in the regular season.<\/p>\n
For the last few weeks, I have heard about how amazing Missouri has been to become a potential tournament team without their star one-and-done player who was injured at the start of the season.\u00a0 And now that Michael Porter Jr is coming back, they might be a tough out.\u00a0 Maybe the Tigers would have been better off without that star jacking up 17 shots on way to a 62-60 loss to Georgia.<\/p>\n
Louisville, Marquette, Notre Dame, and Oklahoma State all won big games yesterday to earn chances to prove they are more than a bubble team against their conference’s elite teams.\u00a0 They all left today with double digit losses and big questions of if they will make the tournament.<\/p>\n
From a local perspective here in Richmond, both Richmond and VCU won today and will get their chance to make the Atlantic 10 a bid-stealer.\u00a0 The Spiders go against #2 seed St. Bonaventure while the Rams get conference regular season champ Rhode Island.<\/p>\n
With all the bubble teams losing by double digits, I think about my bracketology and how wrong I am likely going to be – it is going to be tough to pick.\u00a0 I am glad my picks are just for fun – the committee’s decisions will matter a lot, and most likely, no matter who they choose, someone is bound to be upset with what might be a legitimate argument that they belong in more.<\/p>\n
Friday sees quarterfinals from the SEC, with the semifinals from the ACC, Big 12, Big East and Pac 12.\u00a0 Should be some fantastic games!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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