Games of bubbles for the NCAA tournament: dry, Big Ten Teams fights for spot in March Madness

The last games of the regular season which take place this weekend, the teams of the bubble of the male basketball tournament of the NCAA will soon discover how much they have to make a place in the support.

It is not the last chance to impress people on the sidelines of March Madness with conference tournaments next week, but how a team ends the regular season can dictate the tone of the last days before the selection on Sunday. Finish on a high note and little is necessary in a conference tournament, while ending with a crisis could mean a deep race – or even automatic offer – is the only way to make the ground.

There are matches between teams on the bubble in the last USA TODAY sporting range where the atmosphere will be radically different from the winning side and losing in what is now very critical competitions. If there are essential elements in the regular season, they will take place this weekend. Here are the bubble games that will greatly influence the bubble before the conference tournament week.

Ohio State at Indiana

Hour / television: Saturday, 3:45 p.m. he, CBS

A meeting between a team that should do it – Ohio State – and a just outside – Indiana – will make an exciting environment inside the meeting room. THE Buckeyes Passed a double extension victory over the Nebraska on Tuesday to stay on the field, but their place can easily be torn off by the Hoosiers. Thanks to poor decision -making at the end of the game, Indiana lost against Oregon. Given how the hosiers found momentum, beat the Ohio State could give it the case to jump on the field and push Ohio State. The last time they faced was a back and forth business in January that required overtime with the Indiana winning from one point. This could be another close to major implications on the line.

Oklahoma in Texas

Hour / television: Saturday, 8 p.m. he, dry network

The confrontation of the RED river on the equipment will be a big game in bubbles between the last team in – Texas – and the first team – Oklahoma. The two games had an excellent start to the week by winning quadrical victories with the long -world surviving in the state of Mississippi and the Sooners Get a huge home victory against Missouri. The two teams have five Quad 1 victories, but Oklahoma can pass its rival with a victory on the road. With the teams separated by the Cup line, his winner is roughly on the ground and the loser is expelled. Texas led the Oklahoma for almost all the first game in January. Now, with this game in Austin, Oklahoma hopes it will be able to make favor with a very necessary victory in hostile territory.

Mississippi state at Arkansas

Hour / television: Saturday, 12 p.m. he, dry network

What a roller coaster of the week it was for Arkansas. After having undergone a substantial loss for South Carolina last weekend, the Hogs rebounded significantly with a full effort on the road against a booming Vanderbilt team. Now the Arkansas can lock a place in the tournament with a victory over the bulldogs. A victory for the Razorbacks – currently 12th in the SEC – could get them the ninth seeded. The state of the Mississippi has divided eight games since the beginning of February and wants to take a dynamic entering the playoffs.

Duke In North Carolina

Hour / television: Saturday, 6.30 p.m. he, espn

The match of the North Carolina season will of course be against Duke, while the fate of the Tar Heels goes to the battle of Tobacco Road. North Carolina has improved its record with six consecutive victories, but none worrying, a lack of high -end victories. The Tar Heels are 1-10 in Quad 1 matches, and that’s why they are still not on the field. With Duke who arrives in town, it’s a last chance to add a marquee victory, even if she appears against the Blue Devils and Cooper Flagg, who would like nothing more than damaging their hopes. During the first meeting, the North Carolina was not close. The same cannot happen here if it wants a wide place.

Iowa in Nebraska

Hour / television: Sunday, 12:30 p.m. he, Fox

Nebraska is in his last breath to prove that he should be in the tournament. THE Cornhuskers Not only lost four games in a row, but two of these losses in Penn State and Minnesota were seriously damaged by the curriculum vitae. The Sunday’s home competition will not do much to shoot the Nebraska in the bubble, because it is a Quad 2 match and Iowa may miss the Big Ten tournament, but it cannot ignore the Hawkeyes because it lost for them in January. There are many things that Nebraska still has to do to do the tournament, but everything will be theoretical if they do not finish the regular season with a victory.

This article originally appeared on USA Today: Bulles of the NCAA tournament bubbles: the Big Ten teams, dry see March Madness