Bubble News

Bubble News: Last Tour Around The Matrix (With Pick$)

March 14, 2010
By jamiemac

Let’s take a tour of the mock bracket crowd as Championship Sunday arrives: BaselineStats has Utah State, UNLV Minnesota and Virginia Tech are the last four in. Florida, Illinois Mississippi and Seton Hall as the last four out. Bracketology 101 doesnt have an updated bracket, but thinks the Gophers are in regardless and that...
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Bubble News: Big 10 Makes A Move For More Bids

March 13, 2010
By jamiemac

 Let’s be totally cheesy and use Joey Brackets from ESPN whose field they just posted on TV. Illinois, Rhode Island and Washington are among the final five in. Minnesota and Mississippi State are among the final five cut out. Even folks not interested in priming the pump of their own TV broadcasts seem to...
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FRIDAY NIGHT BUBBLE NEWS AND PICK$$$$$

March 12, 2010
By jamiemac

 Three bubble teams lost yesterday, killing their chances with a one-and-done showing in their league sectionals. Two have gone today with Virginia Tech losing to last place Miami and Ole Miss falling to Tennessee. Despite the proverbial better loss, Ole Miss is in worse shape. I think they are out. The Hokies, meanwhile, become...
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Bubble News: Four Playoff Games This Afternoon and Pick$

March 12, 2010
By jamiemac

We had bloody bubble carnage yesterday with Memphis, UAB and Arizona State all losing quarterfinal games in their respective conference tournaments. Those teams represent the third-from-last in the field, second-from-last cut and fourth-from-last cut per the Bracket Matrix consensus. Memphis and UAB looked destined for a play-in game against each other in the CUSA...
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Thursday Nights Bubble News And Pick$!

March 11, 2010
By jamiemac

A quick look at two important bubble games tonight and my picks for tonight: North Carolina vs Georgia Tech Last Call for the defending champs. Perhaps as surprisingly, it might also be last call for one of the more talented group of players in the nation in the Georgia Tech Yellowjackets. Nobody has expected the...
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