If you're reading this, you already know what month it is, so I'll spare you the details, you know the excitement.
Few things are consistent in March, but one is the bubble. As in, the bubble is always weak, and the teams on it lose games they shouldn't. This year is no exception.
With the exception of 2024 (which had all the bid thieves), the bubble is always filled with teams that had their opportunities to establish their place in the field, but did not utilize them due to being mediocre teams. These teams know the stakes, but often cannot get out of their own way.
Take Auburn, for example. Auburn has a great schedule, solid metrics, and a fantastic road win at Florida. They're also 15-14, and have lost 7 of their last 8. The number of losses does matter at some point, and several teams will play their way off the bubble just by virtue of losing too much. Thems the breaks.
And, unsurprisingly, I think Miami (OH) should get in over the bubble, provided they don't bottom out.
As always, go to http://bracketmatrix.com/ for more brackets!
1 Seeds
1 Duke
2 Michigan
3 Arizona
4 UConn
2 Seeds
5 Florida
6 Houston
7 Illinois
8 Michigan St
3 Seeds
9 Iowa St
10 Purdue
11 Nebraska
12 Texas Tech
4 Seeds
13 Kansas
14 Gonzaga
15 Alabama
16 Virginia
5 Seeds
17 Vanderbilt
18 North Carolina
19 Arkansas
20 St Johns
6 Seeds
21 Tennessee
22 BYU
23 Kentucky
24 Wisconsin
7 Seeds
25 Louisville
26 St Marys
27 Villanova
28 Utah St
8 Seeds
29 St Louis
30 Miami (FL)
31 Clemson
32 Iowa
9 Seeds
33 NC State
34 UCF
35 Georgia
36 Texas
10 Seeds
37 Mizzou
38 Miami (OH)
39 Ohio St
40 UCLA
11 Seeds
41 SMU
42 Texas A&M
43 TCU
44 Santa Clara
45 VCU
46 New Mexico
12 Seeds
47 USF
48 Belmont
49 Yale
50 Liberty
13 Seeds
51 SFA
52 High Point
53 Hawaii
54 UNCW
14 Seeds
55 Cal Baptist
56 NDSU
57 Navy
58 ETSU
15 Seeds
59 Troy
60 Austin Peay
61 Wright St
62 Portland St
16 Seeds
63 Merrimack
64 Long Island
65 Howard
66 UMBC
67 Tennessee St
68 Bethune-Cookman
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