Who's IN, and who's OUT? #5 & Games to Watch

Three teams have moved into the lock section: Maryland, Texas A&M and Missouri. That means the overall at-large bid pool is now at 15, 12 of which are labeled as "bubble positions".

Minnesota has re-appeared on the bubble after beating Illinois and South Florida has dropped out. Rhode Island dropped from bubble IN and was replaced by San Diego State.

Auto-bids, non 1 bid leagues (Current conference leaders) 12 Bids: A10-Temple, ACC-Duke, B12-Kansas, BE-Syracuse, B10-MSU, CUSA-UTEP, Horizon-Butler,MVC-Northern Iowa, MWC-New Mexico, P10-California, SEC-Kentucky, WCC-Gonzaga

Auto-bids, 1 bid leagues (Current conference leaders) 19 bids: America East (Stony Brook); Atlantic Sun (Jacksonville); Big Sky (Weber State); Big South (Coastal Carolina); Big West (UC Santa Barbara); Colonial Athletic (Old Dominion); Ivy (Cornell); MAC (Kent State); MAAC (Siena); MEAC (Morgan State); Northeast (Robert Morris); Ohio Valley (Murray State); Patriot (Lehigh); Southern (Charleston); Southland (Sam Houston State); Summit (Oakland); Sun Belt (North Texas); SWAC (Jackson State); WAC (Utah State)

Thats 31 bids gone right there, so there are 34 left.

Locks (19):
Villanova, WVU, Pitt, Georgetown, OSU, Purdue, Wisconsin, KState, Texas, Baylor,Oklahoma State, Missouri, Texas A&M, Vandy, Tennessee, Richmond, Xavier, BYU, Maryland

15 Bids left.

Watch Your Back Region:
1-Wake Forest (18-8 (8-6), RPI #29, SOS #34)
2-Georgia Tech (19-9 (7-7), RPI #33, SOS #20)
3-UNLV (22-7 (10-5), RPI #43, SOS #96)

Bubble IN:
4-Louisville (19-10 (10-6), RPI #32, SOS #5)
5-Clemson (20-8 (8-6), RPI #27, SOS #30)
6-UAB (23-5 (11-3), RPI #35, SOS #111)
7-Florida State (20-8 (8-6), RPI #42, SOS #50)
8-Florida (20-9 (9-5), RPI #48, SOS #59)
9-Marquette (19-9 (10-6), RPI #49, SOS #67)
10-Illinois (18-11 (10-6), RPI #73, SOS #64)
11-Connecticut (17-12 (7-9), RPI #44, SOS #2)
12-Ole Miss (18-9 (7-7), RPI #55, SOS #65)
13-Virginia Tech (21-7 (8-6), RPI #52, SOS #156)
14-San Diego State (20-8 (9-5), RPI #39, SOS #56)
15-St. Mary's (24-5 (11-3), RPI #45, SOS #142)
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Rhode Island (20-7 (8-6), RPI #37, SOS #68)
Dayton (19-9 (8-6), RPI #41, SOS #37)
Miss State (21-8 (9-5), RPI #56, SOS #128)
Notre Dame (19-10 (8-8), RPI #68, SOS #53)
Minnesota (17-11 (8-8), RPI #70, SOS #38)
Arizona State (20-9 (10-6), RPI #54, SOS #74)
Charlotte (19-9 (9-5), RPI #62, SOS #116)
Washington (19-9 (9-7), RPI #53, SOS #58)
Memphis (21-8 (11-3), RPI #64, SOS #98)
Cincinnati (16-12 (7-9), RPI #58, SOS #17)
Seton Hall (16-11 (7-9), RPI #63, SOS #16)

Dropped Out:
South Florida

New team(s):
Minnesota

No games on Monday.

Tuesday's games:

#9 Villanova @ Cincinnati (7PM ESPN2) - Cincinnati is on the ropes. They are eliminated with a loss.

#19 Vanderbilt @ Florida (7PM ESPN) -

Minnesota @ Michigan (7PM BTN) - Minnesota is back on the bubble after a win against the Illini, but they must win this game to stay on it.

Georgia Tech @ Clemson (8PM ESPN360) -

Louisville @ Marquette (930 ESPNU) -

Wednesday:

Memphis @ UAB (7PM) - Huge games for both teams, more so for Memphis - they are likely done with a loss.

Wake Forest @ Florida State (7PM ESPN2) - Wake Forest is really slipping, they can be lock city with a few more wins.

UConn @ Notre Dame (7PM ESPN) - Huge game for both teams. UConn has a hair more leeway than ND.

Charlotte @ Rhode Island (7PM) - Big bubble game in the A10. The loser is almost eliminated since both teams are OUT right now.

NC State @ Virginia Tech (7PM) - VT can't afford a loss here.

Miss State @ Auburn (8PM ESPN360) - Ditto for Miss State.

Colorado State @ San Diego State (1030PM) - The Aztecs are only barely in the field of 65. They can't afford anymore losses with their weak schedule.

Thursday:

Seton Hall @ Rutgers (7PM ESPN) - SHU is in the same boat as Cincinnati. 1 more loss and they are eliminated.

Dayton @ Richmond (7PM) - Richmond has wrapped up a bid, Dayton is on the outside looking in.

USC @ Arizona State (830PM) - Arizona suffered a devastating loss to CAL last week, another loss and they are done.

LSU @ Ole Miss (9PM ESPN) - Ole Miss cannot lose this game to bottom feeding LSU.

Washington @ Oregon (10PM) - Must win for the Huskies.

Next update: 3/5