While conference tournaments are starting to accelerate across the country Male university basketball And the automatic offers are starting to be distributed, the field of 68 for the NCAA tournament begins to appear.
And this means that the margin of error (and time) for these teams on the bubble is narrowed.
Most of the bubbles that will take place in the coming days will be on the SEC tournament in Nashville, while the conference seeks the record for most offers by a single conference in a single year. Joe Lunardi d’Espn currently has two dry teams – Arkansas And Oklahoma – in his “last four byes” and “last four in” categories and a dry team – Texas – in its category “first four outings”.
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However, the SEC is not the only Power 4 Level conference supervising the bubble and the other conference tournaments (Large-True-Le-Major) conferences. For example, Big Ten To two teams who could join the tastes of Michigan State, Michigan, Maryland and Purdue on the ground with a strong performance in Indianapolis At the Big Ten tournament.
But there are also teams that look like “safe” choices for the big dance, but which could harm their sowing projected with an early outing of their respective conference tournaments. Welcome to madness, where nothing is for granted.
Here is a look up to the Bulle of the NCAA tournament, with which the teams are locks and probably on the field while the conference tournaments resume in the coming days:
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March Madness Bracket Bubble Watch Tracker
Tracker based on games until Tuesday March 12
NCAA Tournament Windows
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ACC (3): Duke, Clemson and Louisville
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Big ten (8): Michigan State, Michigan, Wisconsin, Purdue, Maryland, Oregon, Ucla and Illinois
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Big 12 (5): Houston, Iowa State, Texas Tech, Arizona and Byu
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Big East (4): St. John’s, Marquette, Creighton and Uconn
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Dry (9): Auburn, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Texas A & M, Kentucky, Mississippi State and Missouri and Ole Miss
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Other (3): Saint Mary, Gonzaga and State of San Diego
Although he has lost three of his last five, including a buzzer drummer in overtime at the time. 6 St. John’s on Saturday, Marquette remains a locking For the Big East. The golden eagles are N ° 25 in the net ranking And are 12-9 combined against the Quad 1 and Quad 2 teams, which include victories against Maryland, Purdue and Wisconsin.
Of the nine teams that are considered to be locks in the dry, Ole Miss is closest to be considered “likely” to do the NCAA tournament after abandoning four of her last six regular season games.
Michigan State has the greatest chance (13.2%) to go to the Final Four among all the Big Ten teams who are locks for the NCAA tournament, According to the ESPN university basketball power index.
NCAA tournament probably in
Memphis enters the American Athletic conference tournament in Fort Worth, Texas, as a favorite and can locate its place in the field by winning the automatic conference offer. However, if the Tigers do not win the conference tournament, the AAC will probably be represented by another team – notably northern Texas.
NCAA tournament bubble teams
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ACC: UNC
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Big Ten: Indiana and Ohio State
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Big 12: Baylor
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Big East: Xavier
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SECOND: Arkansas, Georgia, Oklahoma and Texas
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Other: Boisse State, VCU, George Mason, Dayton, North Texas and San Diego State
North Carolina lost her chance to get her place on the field on Saturday when she fell to Duke 82-69 at the Dean Center. The Tar Heels are now heading for the ACC tournament seeking to win some signature victories, with thin choices to seize.
Xavier enters the Big East tournament At Madison Square Garden as one of the hottest teams of the conference because she won eight of her last nine. A strong performance in the garden – which can start with a victory on marquette n ° 23 Thursday at 2:30 p.m. he – can bring the Sean Miller team out of the bubble and in the tournament for the first time since 2023. ESPN analysis model a musketeer with 59% chance of making the big dance.
VCU, George Mason and Dayton are the three probable candidates to fight for Lone Atlantic 10 Spot (Automatic Bid) on the field this week at Washington DC in Capital One Arena. The Rams and the Patriots shared the regular A-10 regular season title, while VCU has the highest net ranking among the three.
Lunardi currently has Ohio State and Oklahoma playing against each other in Dayton in the first four, with San Diego State meeting Xavier in another first match.
When does March Madness start?
While the male NCAA tournament unofficially starts at the selection on Sunday, it starts well on Tuesday March 18 with the first four in Dayton, Ohio at Ud Arena. The first series of matches in the first round will then follow two days later on Thursday, March 20.
Here is the complete ventilation of the calendar for the NCAA 2025 tournament:
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First four: Tuesday March 18 to Wednesday March 19
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First round: Thursday March 20 to Friday March 21
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Second round: Saturday March 22 to Sunday March 23
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Sweet 16: Thursday March 27 to Friday March 28
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Elite Eight: Saturday March 29 to Sunday March 30
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Final Four: Saturday April 5
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National championship: Monday April 7
This article originally appeared on USA Today: March madness bracket bubble tracker: Last look on Who’s in, who’s out
