Livescore
Boise State was the big winner last night, defeating San Diego State 66-60 at home for the Broncos’ best win of the season. Boise State has now won four games at home over other tournament contenders in the Mountain West. The Broncos’ last chance to get a road win against a tournament-caliber teams comes in the season finale at Utah State.
Clemson, meanwhile, lost out on an opportunity for its best win of the season in a 64-57 loss at Virginia. The most damaging thing about that loss is that the Tigers won’t get another chance for a win like that unless they make a deep run into the ACC Tournament.
Tonight’s bubble games are all road tilts for the bubble teams. Auburn and Penn State have great chances for higher-quality wins, but obviously, those will be difficult games.
NCAA Tournament locks
Locks based on résumé: 20 | Bids secured: 0 | At-large spots remaining: 36
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ACC |
2 |
Miami, Virginia |
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Big East |
3 |
Marquette, UConn, Xavier |
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Big Ten |
2 |
Indiana, Purdue |
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Big 12 |
4 |
Baylor, Kansas, Texas, Kansas State |
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Pac-12 |
2 |
Arizona, UCLA |
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SEC |
3 |
Alabama, Tennessee, Texas A&M |
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American |
1 |
Houston |
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Others |
3 |
Gonzaga, Saint Mary’s, San Diego State |
On the cutline
Check out all the teams on Palm’s Bubble Watch, the field of the 68 and the entire bracket on the Bracketology hub
Bubble teams in action Wednesday
All references to NCAA Tournament selection records and trends refer only to tournaments going back to 1994 with the exception of 2021. Due to shortened schedules and a relatively small number of nonconference games in 2021, those rankings were not reliable enough to be considered.
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