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Welcome to this season’s debut edition of Bubble Watch, the daily look at the day’s action featuring teams near the cut line to make the NCAA Tournament’s field of 68 and also a review of the effect the previous day’s results had on bubble teams in action.
There will also be two new sections to this column this season. A list of teams I consider to be locks for the NCAA Tournament. For me, a team is a lock only if I believe it would still make the NCAA Tournament even if it lost all of its remaining games. That is a more strict definition than is widely used.
Also, this page will also show the teams closest to the cut line in my most recent bracket. Those are the Last Four In, First Four Out and also the Next Four Out. That last group is the only listing that does not also appear on the Bracketology page.
Almost all of Tuesday’s games are “Double Bubble” games and three big names are among those in action.
Kentucky, Michigan State and last season’s NCAA runner-up North Carolina all find themselves on the bubble this late in the season. We also have action in the very bubbly Mountain West.
NCAA Tournament locks
Locks based on resume: 5 | Bids secured: 0 | At-large spots remaining: 31
On the cut line
Check out all the teams on Palm’s Bubble Watch, the field of the 68 and the entire bracket on the Bracketology hub
‘Double Bubble’ games Tuesday
North Carolina at Wake Forest
7 p.m. | ESPN, fuboTV (Try for free)
Auburn at Texas A&M
9 p.m. | ESPN2, fuboTV (Try for free)
Arkansas at Kentucky
9 p.m. | ESPN, fuboTV (Try for free)
Nevada at New Mexico
10:30 p.m. | FS1, fuboTV (Try for free)
Other bubble teams in action Tuesday
All references to NCAA Tournament selection records and trends refer to pre-pandemic tournaments. 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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