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At the end of the day, a support of 68 teams will be revealed and the madness of March will be officially underway.
Until then, the dreams of a coveted place during the renowned event in male university basketball continue to live for several teams.
For weeks and even months, the Bulle of the NCAA tournament was a source of constant discussion, with spells in eliminatory series of various programs. What may seem overwhelming sometimes – with animated conversations on net rankings, the calendar strength and the quad victories one – comes down to a few relatively simple questions: who should enter the big dance? And what teams should be left out?
During last week, the teams of mid-majeur and low adults across the country obtained places on the ground by winning their conference tournaments. By winning or losing critical matches, the sports power teams have added a certain clarity to their NCAA tournament prospects, some taking important measures to crush the party while others saw their sparkling hopes in the playoff series, if not completely disappear.
Where are the different hopes of the NCAA university basketball tournament in the hours preceding the selection on Sunday? Who is a lock to make the ground? Who is probably? And who follows the support of Sunday evening?
Here is a updated and final look at the NCAA tournament bubble:
NCAA Bubble Watch Tracker
Tracker based on games until Saturday March 15
NCAA Tournament Automatic Offers
The following teams have already obtained automatic places at the NCAA tournament due to the victory of their respective conference tournaments:
- Bryant (America East)
- DUKE (ACC)
- Lipscomb (I live)
- Houston (Big 12)
- St. John’s (Big East)
- Montana (Big Sky)
- High Point (Big Sud)
- UC San Diego (Big West)
- UNC Wilmington (CAA)
- Liberty (Conference USA)
- Robert Morris (Horizon)
- Mount St. Mary’s (Maac)
- Akron (Mac)
- Norfolk State (Meac)
- Drake (Missouri Valley)
- Colorado state (Mountain West)
- Saint Francis (northeast)
- Siu Edwardsville (Ohio Valley)
- American (patriot)
- Wofford (South)
- McNese (Southland)
- State of Alabama (Swac)
- Omaha (summit)
- Troy (solar belt)
- Gonzaga (west coast)
- Grand Canyon (WAC)
NCAA Tournament Windows
This category does not include teams that have already cut the automatic offers.
- ACC (2): Louisville and Clemson
- Big Ten (8): Michigan State, Michigan, Wisconsin, Purdue, Maryland, Oregon, Ucla and Illinois
- Big 12 (5): Iowa State, Texas Tech, Arizona, Kansas and Byu
- Big East (3): Marquette, Creighton and Uconn
- Dry (9): Auburn, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Texas A & M, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Missouri and Ole Miss
- Other (2): Saint Mary and New Mexico
Each team under this umbrella has done this enough to do the NCAA tournament, many teams that have been in this position for weeks.
The nine SEC locks put the League in a position to establish a record for most of the NCAA tournament teams in a single conference in a single year, which would break the 11 Big East teams from 2011.
NCAA tournament probably in
- Catchy: None
- Big Dix: None
- Big 12 (1): Virginie-Western
- Big East: None
- Dry (3): Georgia, Arkansas and Oklahoma
- Others (2): The state VCU and UTAH
A team from Virginia-Western prey to prey is an alleged team of the NCAA tournament for weeks during their first season under coach Darian Devries, but the Mountaineers have made their after-season prospects unnecessarily troubled by losing their first match of the Big 12 tournament in Colorado in place of the last place. However, they probably did enough to hear their name called.
The TRIO of the SEC teams – Georgia, Arkansas and Oklahoma – had been on the bubble or out of the tournament photo two weeks ago, but all three won enough victories in the best sports conference to feel confident about their chances of the NCAA tournament.
If VCU is capable of bringing George Mason to fall in the match for the title of the Atlantic 10, the Rams will remove any doubt about their future in the playoffs, but if they fall, they should always enter the field. The state of Utah lost against the state of Colorado in the semi-finals of Mountain West on Friday, but is one team among the 40 in the net ranking.
NCAA tournament bubble teams
- ACC (1): North Carolina
- Big ten (2): Ohio State and Indiana
- Big 12: None
- Big East (1): Xavier
- Dry (2): Vanderbilt and Texas
- Others (3): State of San Diego, Boise State, UC Irvine
Even in front of a Duke without Cooper Flagg team, the North Carolina could not beat the Blue Devils in the ACC semi-finals on Friday, passing its record to a horrible 1-12 in Quad One Games this season. Hubert Davis’ team is really a launch to make the tournament.
For a few ephemeral days, Indiana seemed to have come in the tournament, but the defeat of the Hoosiers against Oregon during their opening match of the Big Ten tournament pushed them to be one of the most debated teams in the bubble. The slide at the end of the season of Ohio State, with a file of 4-7 in their last 11 games, potentially eliminated it from the tournament, with a global record of 17-15.
Xavier, who left for Dead in early February, won his last seven regular season games, but he has a lack of brand victories, with a defeat against Marquette in his first Big East tournament match, leaving him in 1-9 in Quad One Mames.
Perhaps no team heads for the selection on Sunday with more uncertainty than Texas. The Longhorns had a season from top to bottom 2024-25, starting 11-2 before embarking on a disappointing race of 6-12 at the Sec Play. The victories on Vanderbilt and Texas A&M in the SEC tournament, however, relaunched their candidacy in general. Vanderbilt’s defeat against Texas has eliminated commodores from the “probable” ranks.
After a start of 18-6, the state of San Diego spent 3-3, a rut that placed it squarely on the bubble. Boisse State fell into the state of Colorado in the Mountain West championship match, depriving him of an automatic offer and making his selection experience on Sunday much more anxious. UC Irvine suspended UC San Diego, owners of the longest sequence of sports victories, in the Big West championship match after entering the day 60 in the net.
When does March Madness start?
- Start date of the male NCAA tournament: Tuesday March 18 (first four)
Despite all the appearances and intrigues that the selection on Sunday brings, the NCAA tournament does not officially start until Tuesday March 18 with the first four, a set of four games in Dayton, Ohio which includes the last four At-Large teams and the four heads n ° 16 the best rated.
Here is the full calendar of the 2025 NCAA tournament:
- First four: Tuesday March 18 to Wednesday March 19
- First round: Thursday March 20 to Friday March 21
- Second round: Saturday March 22 to Sunday March 23
- Sweet 16: Thursday March 27 to Friday March 28
- Elite eight: Saturday March 29 to Sunday March 30
- Final Four: Saturday April 5
- National championship: Monday April 7
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