Now that we are hitting the home stretch of the 2011-12 college basketball season, we look at where we are right now, as teams are..
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College Basketball Tourney Bubble Watch: 2-20-12
Published on 2012-02-20 09:09:10
Now that we are hitting the home stretch of the 2011-12 college basketball season, we look at where we are right now, as teams are wrapping up their conference schedules. Selection Sunday is only three weeks away, and most teams obviously still have a ton to play for. Remember, there are 68 spots available, comprised of 31 automatic bids to conference champions and 37 at-large bids. Here is a comprehensive look at the major leagues in Division-I (rankings are current AP poll (http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/year/2012/poll/1/week/16/seasontype/2))... From the results that follow, I predict that at this point 56 teams are safe, which includes 31 auto-bids and 25 at-large bids. This means that there are TWELVE remaining bids that will go to the ''bubble'' teams that I have listed below. Out of the 56 that I have found, 24 come from major conferences and 32 from minor ones. A lot can change over the next couple weeks...