Last Eight In: Rhode Island, Syracuse, TCU, Seton Hall, Michigan, Marquette, Oklahoma State, California
First Eight Out: Illinois State, Texas Tech, Houston, Indiana, Georgia Tech, Alabama, Mississippi, Wake Forest
The outside of the bubble is becoming littered with SEC teams. After Kentucky, Florida, South Carolina and Arkansas, there are eight teams with 14, 15 or 16 wins and all of them have a shot at going on a run and reaching the NCAA Tournament. Alabama was the big winner last week, with victories over Missouri and LSU. The Crimson Tide are also the only one of those eight teams with a winning record in conference play. Their RPI is not very good and by far their best win is at South Carolina, but that conference record looks a lot better than the other SEC bubble teams. The Tide do have more opportunities to separate themselves from that massive pack of SEC teams since their last four regular season games are all against teams that also have 14, 15 or 16 wins.
ACC: Duke, Florida State, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech
American: Cincinnati, SMU
Big East: Butler, Creighton, Marquette, Seton Hall, Villanova, Xavier
Big 12: Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, TCU, West Virginia
Big Ten: Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Purdue, Wisconsin
Pac-12: California, Arizona, Oregon, UCLA, USC
SEC: Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina
A-10: Dayton, Rhode Island, VCU
CAA: UNC Wilmington
C-USA: Middle Tennessee
Horizon: Valparaiso
MAC: Akron
MVC: Wichita State
MWC: Nevada
WCC: Gonzaga, Saint Mary’s
America East: Vermont
A-Sun: Florida Gulf Coast
Big Sky: Eastern Washington
Big South: UNC-Asheville
Big West: UC Irvine
Ivy League: Princeton
MAAC: Monmouth
MEAC: North Carolina Central
NEC: Mt. St. Mary’s
OVC: Belmont
Patriot: Bucknell
Southern: Chattanooga
Southland: New Orleans
Summit: North Dakota State
Sun Belt: Texas-Arlington
SWAC: Texas Southern
WAC: New Mexico State
