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SCS.com As the end of the regular season comes to a near, the NCAA Tournament field only gets more confusing. While teams like Kent State and Kentucky are winning games and showing that they deserve to be in, some Texas schools (Baylor and Texas A&M, specifically) are making the selection committee doubt them. All in all, every team has two to four regular season games left, along with a conference tournament, where they can show for one last time that they have what it takes to wear the Cinderella Slipper.

TEAMS THAT ARE IN (39)

ACC (4)- North Carolina, Duke, Miami (FL), Clemson
Big East (7)- Connecticut, Georgetown, Notre Dame, Louisville, Marquette, Pittsburgh, West Virginia
Big Ten (4)- Indiana, Michigan State, Wisconsin, Purdue
Big Twelve (6)- Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Baylor, Kansas State, Texas A&M
Pac Ten (5)- Stanford, UCLA, Arizona, Washington State, USC
SEC (4)- Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Mississippi State, Arkansas
Non-BCS (9)- Memphis, Butler, Drake, BYU, Kent State, St. Mary's, South Alabama, Gonzaga, Xavier

These teams make this list because they could all not win their conference tournament and still make the NCAA Tournament. Out of these 39 teams, 14 of them are expected to win their tournaments (and, obviously, freeing up 14 spots for bubble teams). However, just to be safe, I'll say one of them won't win their tournament and let another non-at-large team in. Therefore, we have 26 teams with an at-large birth, and another 31 teams that will get in for winning their conference tournaments. This leaves only EIGHT teams left for at-large births. And where else would you go to find those eight teams than none other than The Bubble List.

TEAMS THAT ARE ON THE BUBBLE (20)

ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVILS
Record: 17-9
Conference Record: 7-7
RPI: 69
Strength of Schedule: 79
VS. Top 50: 4-5
Road Record: 5-6
Last Ten: 3-7
Remaining Games: UCLA, USC, @Oregon, @Oregon State

CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS
Record: 15-10
Conference Record: 6-8
RPI: 77
Strength of Schedule: 49
VS. Top 50: 2-6
Road Record: 5-4
Last Ten: 4-6
Remaining Games: Washington State, Washington, @USC, @UCLA

DAYTON FLYERS
Record: 17-9
Conference Record: 5-8
RPI: 38
Strength of Schedule: 26
VS. Top 50: 2-3
Road Record: 4-6
Last Ten: 3-7
Remaining Games: @Fordham, @ St. Bonaventure, St. Joseph's

FLORIDA GATORS
Record: 20-7
Conference Record: 7-5
RPI: 58
Strength of Schedule: 113
VS. Top 50: 1-4
Road Record: 5-5
Last Ten: 5-5
Remaining Games: @Georgia, Mississippi State, Tennessee, @Kentucky

HOUSTON COUGARS
Record: 20-6
Conference Record: 9-3
RPI: 63
Strength of Schedule: 136
VS. Top 50: 0-5
Road Record: 6-4
Last Ten: 7-3
Remaining Games: Southern Miss, @ East Carolina, Central Florida, @ UTEP

ILLINOIS STATE REDBIRDS
Record: 19-8
Conference Record: 11-5
RPI: 41
Strength of Schedule: 81
VS. Top 50: 1-4
Road Record: 6-7
Last Ten: 6-4
Remaining Games: Creighton, @Southern Illinois

KENTUCKY WILDCATS
Record: 15-10
Conference Record: 9-3
RPI: 65
Strength of Schedule: 20
VS. Top 50: 3-5
Road Record: 3-5
Last Ten: 8-2
Remaining Games: Mississippi State, @Tennessee, @South Carolina, Florida

MARYLAND TERRAPINS
Record: 17-11
Conference Record: 7-6
RPI: 66
Strength of Schedule: 18
VS. Top 50: 1-5
Road Record: 4-6
Last Ten: 6-4
Remaining Games: @Wake Forest, Clemson, @Virginia

MASSACHUSETTS MINUTEMEN
Record: 18-9
Conference Record: 7-6
RPI: 37
Strength of Schedule: 45
VS. Top 50: 2-3
Road Record: 4-6
Last Ten: 5-5
Remaining Games: @Richmond, La Salle, @ George Washington

MISSISSIPPI REBELS
Record: 18-8
Conference Record: 4-8
RPI: 43
Strength of Schedule: 63
VS. Top 50: 5-3
Road Record: 6-6
Last Ten: 3-7
Remaining Games: @Kentucky, Alabama, Arkansas, @Georgia

NEW MEXICO LOBOS
Record: 22-6
Conference Record: 9-4
RPI: 45
Strength of Schedule: 150
VS. Top 50: 0-3
Road Record: 7-5
Last Ten: 8-2
Remaining Games: BYU, UNLV, @Colorado State

OHIO STATE BUCKEYES
Record: 17-10
Conference Record: 8-6
RPI: 53
Strength of Schedule: 39
VS. Top 50: 1-8
Road Record: 5-7
Last Ten: 5-5
Remaining Games: @Indiana, @Minnesota, Purdue, Michigan State

OREGON DUCKS
Record: 15-12
Conference Record: 6-9
RPI: 56
Strength of Schedule: 14
VS. Top 50: 3-8
Road Record: 5-9
Last Ten: 3-7
Remaining Games: @Oregon State, Arizona State, Arizona

RHODE ISLAND RAMS
Record: 20-8
Conference Record: 6-7
RPI: 55
Strength of Schedule: 99
VS. Top 50: 2-5
Road Record: 9-5
Last Ten: 5-5
Remaining Games: @George Washington, @La Salle, Charlotte

ST. JOSEPH'S HAWKS
Record: 17-8
Conference Record: 8-4
RPI: 44
Strength of Schedule: 83
VS. Top 50: 2-3
Road Record: 10-5
Last Ten: 7-3
Remaining Games: St. Louis, Temple, Xavier, @Dayton

SYRACUSE ORANGE
Record: 17-11
Conference Record: 7-8
RPI: 48
Strength of Schedule: 8
VS. Top 50: 2-6
Road Record: 4-7
Last Ten: 4-6
Remaining Games: Pittsburgh, @Seton Hall, Marquette

UAB BLAZERS
Record: 19-8
Conference Record: 9-3
RPI: 67
Strength of Schedule: 126
VS. Top 50: 0-1
Road Record: 7-7
Last Ten: 7-3
Remaining Games: @UTEP, Tulane, Tulsa, @Memphis

UNLV RUNNIN' REBELS
Record: 19-6
Conference Record: 9-3
RPI: 32
Strength of Schedule: 85
VS. Top 50: 2-3
Road Record: 6-4
Last Ten: 8-2
Remaining Games: San Diego State, TCU, @New Mexico, Utah

WAKE FOREST DEMON DEACONS
Record: 16-9
Conference Record: 6-6
RPI: 62
Strength of Schedule: 77
VS. Top 50: 3-3
Road Record: 2-8
Last Ten: 5-5
Remaining Games: Maryland, @Georgia Tech, @Virginia Tech, North Carolina State

VILLANOVA WILDCATS
Record: 17-10
Conference Record: 7-8
RPI: 60
Strength of Schedule: 48
VS. Top 50: 4-6
Road Record: 6-7
Last Ten: 4-6
Remaining Games: @Louisville, South Florida, @Providence

THE EIGHT I WOULD TAKE
1.Florida
2.St. Joseph's
3.New Mexico
4.Villanova
5.Rhode Island
6.Massachusetts
7.Mississippi
8.Arizona State

THE EIGHT THE SELECTION COMMITTEE WOULD TAKE
1.Ohio State
2.Villanova
3.UNLV
4.Kentucky
5.Syracuse
6.St. Joseph's
7.New Mexico
8.Florida

THE EIGHT THAT WILL WIND UP IN BASED ON REMAINING SCHEDULE
1.Kentucky
2.Massachusetts
3.UNLV
4.Syracuse
5.Florida
6.St. Joseph's
7.Villanova
8.Houston

Over the next three weeks, these teams will be followed closely by the Selection Committee to determine if they should be in or out. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to write me at any time.

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