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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u2019t see the committee letting them in after only scoring 36 on Louisiana Tech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Well – my Boilers about to play – hope they do well tonight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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