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(Editor’s note: This is part of the Bracket Central Series, an inside look at the run-up to the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments, along with analysis and picks during the tournaments.) During the season in this space, we often like to begin with a bit of pop culture or history or some other random bit […]

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(Editor’s note: This is part of the Bracket Central Series, an inside look at the run-up to the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments, along with analysis and picks during the tournaments.)

During the season in this space, we often like to begin with a bit of pop culture or history or some other random bit of nonsense unrelated to college basketball. So, uh, is it OK if we just do that for the entirety of this final installment?

Because we’re going to be totally transparent here. For the first time in six years of making mock brackets for The Athletic, we go into Selection Sunday with no earthly idea of what the selection committee is going to do. Oh, sure, there are always small surprises, but for the most part, the field is obvious except for maybe one slot.

Not this year. After one of the wildest Championship Week Saturdays we can remember, which included two power-conference bid thieves and a still-hard-to-believe outcome in the American, we find ourselves utterly confused by the bubble. And whether North Carolina will hold on to that final No. 1 seed or if surging Iowa State will take it. At least we’re not alone:

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2024 NCAA Tournament Bubble Watch: Who’s playing waiting game on Selection Sunday? https://womenssportsnow.com/2024-ncaa-tournament-bubble-watch-whos-playing-waiting-game-on-selection-sunday/ https://womenssportsnow.com/2024-ncaa-tournament-bubble-watch-whos-playing-waiting-game-on-selection-sunday/#respond Sun, 17 Mar 2024 11:30:11 +0000 https://womenssportsnow.com/2024-ncaa-tournament-bubble-watch-whos-playing-waiting-game-on-selection-sunday/

The Athletic has live coverage of Selection Sunday and the NCAA Tournament bracket reveal.  (Editor’s note: This is part of the Bracket Central Series, an inside look at the run-up to the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments, along with analysis and picks during the tournaments.) Pure. Chaos. Madness came early on Saturday, leaving a trail […]

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The Athletic has live coverage of Selection Sunday and the NCAA Tournament bracket reveal. 

(Editor’s note: This is part of the Bracket Central Series, an inside look at the run-up to the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments, along with analysis and picks during the tournaments.)

Pure. Chaos.

Madness came early on Saturday, leaving a trail of stolen bids, burst bubbles and flummoxed bracketologists in its wake. Now? Selection Sunday is here.

We know we have four legit bid thieves: NC State in the ACC, Oregon in the Pac-12 and two more coming Sunday in the A-10 and AAC. Drake’s upset over Indiana State in the MVC title game might end up as a fifth functional bid thief. Wild.

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The bracket reveal is mere hours away. In the meantime, we’ll do our best to calculate the bubble math and take stock of an absolutely wild day of college hoops.

Here’s my best estimation of where things stand entering Sunday:

• There are 32 automatic qualifying bids via conference champions. There are 36 at-large bids. Total of 68.

• At least 21 of those 32 conferences will be one-bid leagues, including the Ivy League championship between Brown and Yale on Sunday. So let’s start with 21.

• Give at least four bids to the ACC: AQ and three at-large locks….

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2024 NCAA Tournament Bubble Watch: Bid thieves on the prowl https://womenssportsnow.com/2024-ncaa-tournament-bubble-watch-bid-thieves-on-the-prowl/ https://womenssportsnow.com/2024-ncaa-tournament-bubble-watch-bid-thieves-on-the-prowl/#respond Sat, 16 Mar 2024 23:32:11 +0000 https://womenssportsnow.com/2024-ncaa-tournament-bubble-watch-bid-thieves-on-the-prowl/

(Editor’s note: This is part of the Bracket Central Series, an inside look at the run-up to the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments, along with analysis and picks during the tournaments.) Conference tournaments are here and Selection Sunday is nigh, which means Bubble Watch is in full swing. One day before the bracket is revealed, […]

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(Editor’s note: This is part of the Bracket Central Series, an inside look at the run-up to the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments, along with analysis and picks during the tournaments.)

Conference tournaments are here and Selection Sunday is nigh, which means Bubble Watch is in full swing.

One day before the bracket is revealed, bid thieves are the big storyline. We know we will already have one in the Atlantic 10 with Dayton out of the mix. Three more are lurking between now and the selection show: North Carolina State in the ACC, Oregon in the Pac-12, and anyone other than Florida Atlantic in the AAC. How those shake out will be critical for a bubble that is nearly at capacity.

NCAA Senior Vice President of Basketball Dan Gavitt suggested on Saturday morning that there were “at least another four or five spots” up for grabs as far as at-large bids. That might be overstating it a tad, and will of course depend on how those possible bid thieves shake out, but there are clearly still decisions to be made.

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2024 NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: North Carolina will be the fourth No. 1 seed https://womenssportsnow.com/2024-ncaa-tournament-bracket-watch-north-carolina-will-be-the-fourth-no-1-seed/ https://womenssportsnow.com/2024-ncaa-tournament-bracket-watch-north-carolina-will-be-the-fourth-no-1-seed/#respond Sat, 16 Mar 2024 12:30:38 +0000 https://womenssportsnow.com/2024-ncaa-tournament-bracket-watch-north-carolina-will-be-the-fourth-no-1-seed/

(Editor’s note: This is part of the Bracket Central Series, an inside look at the run-up to the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments, along with analysis and picks during the tournaments.) It only took until the day before Selection Sunday, but finally we can say for sure who the top eight seeds will be in […]

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(Editor’s note: This is part of the Bracket Central Series, an inside look at the run-up to the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments, along with analysis and picks during the tournaments.)

It only took until the day before Selection Sunday, but finally we can say for sure who the top eight seeds will be in the 2024 NCAA Tournament.

With Tennessee and Arizona losing on Saturday and North Carolina advancing to the ACC tournament, the Tar Heels will join Purdue, Houston and UConn on the top line. The only minor intrigue left there is whether Houston passes Purdue for the No. 1 overall seed.

Tennessee and Arizona will be on the No. 2 line, along with Marquette and Iowa State. The Cyclones beat Baylor to reach the Big 12 title game and have more than made up for a lackluster nonconference slate, while Marquette got to the Big East final without All-America point guard Tyler Kolek. Given the Golden Eagles’ impressive resume and insistence that Kolek will be back next week, a No. 2 seed is in order.

Clarity comes at the top, and the bubble continues to come into focus as well. Mississippi State and Texas A&M locked up spots by beating Tennessee and Kentucky, respectively. New Mexico beat Colorado State in the Mountain West semis and should be safely in. Colorado finally gets over…

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2024 NCAA Tournament Bubble Watch: Big day on SEC bubble https://womenssportsnow.com/2024-ncaa-tournament-bubble-watch-big-day-on-sec-bubble/ https://womenssportsnow.com/2024-ncaa-tournament-bubble-watch-big-day-on-sec-bubble/#respond Sat, 16 Mar 2024 01:28:11 +0000 https://womenssportsnow.com/2024-ncaa-tournament-bubble-watch-big-day-on-sec-bubble/

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(Editor’s note: This is part of the Bracket Central Series, an inside look at the run-up to the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments, along with analysis and picks during the tournaments.)

Conference tournaments are here, and Selection Sunday is nigh, which means Bubble Watch is in full swing.

I’ll be making regular, daily updates to Bubble Watch from now until the bracket is revealed, so be sure to bookmark this page and check in all week as conference tourneys heat up and the NCAA Tournament field comes into focus. As soon as relevant games in each conference wrap up, I’ll have fresh thoughts on what it means for those teams and any other bubble watchers impacted by the results.

I’m in Kansas City covering the Big 12 tournament, but I’ll do my best to update things in real-time, and I’ll try to hop into the comments and answer questions as well. Even the mean ones.

An important note: An expanded “Movement” section for each conference will be refreshed as often as necessary, while the corresponding team charts will be updated each morning with accurate records, NET rankings and other metrics.

We’ll keep track of the number of auto-qualifiers as they roll in, whether or not there are any “bid thieves” among them, and how the math is shaping up for the rest…

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2024 NCAA Tournament Bubble Watch: Providence and Pitt win big https://womenssportsnow.com/2024-ncaa-tournament-bubble-watch-providence-and-pitt-win-big/ https://womenssportsnow.com/2024-ncaa-tournament-bubble-watch-providence-and-pitt-win-big/#respond Fri, 15 Mar 2024 02:46:11 +0000 https://womenssportsnow.com/2024-ncaa-tournament-bubble-watch-providence-and-pitt-win-big/

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(Editor’s note: This is part of the Bracket Central Series, an inside look at the run-up to the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments, along with analysis and picks during the tournaments.)

Conference tournaments are here and Selection Sunday is nigh, which means Bubble Watch is in full swing.

I’ll be making regular, daily updates to Bubble Watch from now until the bracket is revealed, so be sure to bookmark this page and check in all week as conference tourneys heat up and the NCAA Tournament field comes into focus. As soon as relevant games in each conference wrap up, I’ll have fresh thoughts on what it means for those teams and any other bubble watchers impacted by the results.

I’m in Kansas City covering the Big 12 tournament, but I’ll do my best to update things in real time, and I’ll try to hop into the comments and answer questions as well. Even the mean ones.

An important note: an expanded “Movement” section for each conference will be refreshed as often as necessary, while the corresponding team charts will be updated each morning with accurate records, NET rankings and other metrics.

We’ll also keep track of the number of auto-qualifiers as they roll in, whether or not there are any “bid thieves” among them, and how the math is shaping up for the…

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2024 NCAA Tournament Bubble Watch: Villanova hangs on for dear life https://womenssportsnow.com/2024-ncaa-tournament-bubble-watch-villanova-hangs-on-for-dear-life/ https://womenssportsnow.com/2024-ncaa-tournament-bubble-watch-villanova-hangs-on-for-dear-life/#respond Thu, 14 Mar 2024 03:39:11 +0000 https://womenssportsnow.com/2024-ncaa-tournament-bubble-watch-villanova-hangs-on-for-dear-life/

(Editor’s note: This is part of the Bracket Central Series, an inside look at the run-up to the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments, along with analysis and picks during the tournaments.) Conference tournaments are here and Selection Sunday is nigh, which means Bubble Watch is in full swing. I’ll be making regular, daily updates to […]

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(Editor’s note: This is part of the Bracket Central Series, an inside look at the run-up to the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments, along with analysis and picks during the tournaments.)

Conference tournaments are here and Selection Sunday is nigh, which means Bubble Watch is in full swing.

I’ll be making regular, daily updates to Bubble Watch from now until the bracket is revealed, so be sure to bookmark this page and check in all week as conference tourneys heat up and the NCAA Tournament field comes into focus. As soon as relevant games in each conference wrap up, I’ll have fresh thoughts on what it means for those teams and any other bubble watchers impacted by the results.

I’m in Kansas City covering the Big 12 tournament, but I’ll do my best to update things in real time, and I’ll try to hop into the comments and answer questions as well. Even the mean ones.

An important note: an expanded “Movement” section for each conference will be refreshed as often as necessary, while the corresponding team charts will be updated each morning with accurate records, NET rankings and other metrics.

We’ll also keep track of the number of auto-qualifiers as they roll in, whether or not there are any “bid thieves” among them, and how the math is shaping up for the…

Read more…

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2024 NCAA Tournament Bubble Watch: Go time for Wake Forest, St. John’s and more https://womenssportsnow.com/2024-ncaa-tournament-bubble-watch-go-time-for-wake-forest-st-johns-and-more/ https://womenssportsnow.com/2024-ncaa-tournament-bubble-watch-go-time-for-wake-forest-st-johns-and-more/#respond Mon, 11 Mar 2024 11:30:11 +0000 https://womenssportsnow.com/2024-ncaa-tournament-bubble-watch-go-time-for-wake-forest-st-johns-and-more/

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(Editor’s note: This is part of the Bracket Central Series, an inside look at the run-up to the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments, along with analysis and picks during the tournaments.)

Conference tournaments are here and Selection Sunday is nigh, which means Bubble Watch is in full swing.

I’ll be making regular, daily updates to Bubble Watch from now until the bracket is revealed, so be sure to bookmark this page and check in all week as conference tourneys heat up and the NCAA Tournament field comes into focus. As soon as relevant games in each conference wrap up, I’ll have fresh thoughts on what it means for those teams and any other bubble watchers impacted by the results.

I’m in Kansas City covering the Big 12 tournament, but I’ll do my best to update things in real time, and I’ll try to hop into the comments and answer questions as well. Even the mean ones.

An important note: an expanded “Movement” section for each conference will be refreshed as often as necessary, while the corresponding team charts will be updated each morning with accurate records, NET rankings and other metrics.

We’ll also keep track of the number of auto-qualifiers as they roll in, whether or not there are any “bid thieves” among them, and how the math is shaping up for the…

Read more…

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2024 NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: Race for the final No. 1, and a 2-bid Valley https://womenssportsnow.com/2024-ncaa-tournament-bracket-watch-race-for-the-final-no-1-and-a-2-bid-valley/ https://womenssportsnow.com/2024-ncaa-tournament-bracket-watch-race-for-the-final-no-1-and-a-2-bid-valley/#respond Mon, 11 Mar 2024 10:00:44 +0000 https://womenssportsnow.com/2024-ncaa-tournament-bracket-watch-race-for-the-final-no-1-and-a-2-bid-valley/

(Editor’s note: This is part of the Bracket Central Series, an inside look at the run-up to the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments, along with analysis and picks during the tournaments.) Just 72 hours ago in this space, we posited that Tennessee had taken over the final No. 1 seed from Arizona. Then on Saturday, […]

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(Editor’s note: This is part of the Bracket Central Series, an inside look at the run-up to the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments, along with analysis and picks during the tournaments.)

Just 72 hours ago in this space, we posited that Tennessee had taken over the final No. 1 seed from Arizona. Then on Saturday, the Volunteers lost at home to Kentucky. Arizona lost at USC. And North Carolina beat Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium. So now what?

While it’s not Blind Resume Challenge time, take a look at these three with the names gone and decide which one deserves the No. 4 overall seed (numbers as of Sunday night).

Final No. 1 seed — Blind resumes

Team A Team B Team C

NET

4

5

7

KenPom

6

5

8

BPI

4

5

11

SOR

11

5

4

KPI

6

3

5

Road

7-4

8-3

8-2

Q1

8-3

7-6

7-4

Q2

6-3

6-1

6-2

Noncon SOS

13

16

23

That is … so close. Team A is Arizona, Team B is Tennessee and Team C is UNC. Missing from the chart is Arizona’s Quad 3 loss at Oregon State — the other two contenders don’t have a setback outside the first two quads. Throw in the Wildcats’ losses to Stanford and USC, and that convinces us that it’s going to be the Volunteers or Tar Heels on the top line. But which one?

It’s so tight that North Carolina’s nonconference home win over Tennessee might serve as the de facto tiebreaker….

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2024 NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: Tennessee claims a No. 1 seed, Baylor rises https://womenssportsnow.com/2024-ncaa-tournament-bracket-watch-tennessee-claims-a-no-1-seed-baylor-rises/ https://womenssportsnow.com/2024-ncaa-tournament-bracket-watch-tennessee-claims-a-no-1-seed-baylor-rises/#respond Fri, 08 Mar 2024 12:45:33 +0000 https://womenssportsnow.com/2024-ncaa-tournament-bracket-watch-tennessee-claims-a-no-1-seed-baylor-rises/

(Editor’s note: This is part of the Bracket Central Series, an inside look at the run-up to the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments, along with analysis and picks during the tournaments.) Bracket Watch HQ is also home to a 5-year-old, who has recently discovered a new favorite song. Which means we’ve been forced to listen […]

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(Editor’s note: This is part of the Bracket Central Series, an inside look at the run-up to the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments, along with analysis and picks during the tournaments.)

Bracket Watch HQ is also home to a 5-year-old, who has recently discovered a new favorite song. Which means we’ve been forced to listen to it on an endless Spotify loop:

Yes, for those of you without children or an aversion to cartoons, that’s Reel 2 Real’s relentlessly dumb but inescapably catchy 1993 hit “I Like to Move It,” remade for the “Madagascar” movie franchise. You’re welcome for the earworm.

It also reminds us that things are always changing and growing in unexpected ways. Take the NCAA Tournament, for example (segue alert!). Dana O’Neil reported this week that tournament expansion remains a very likely outcome, but the field would only grow by a modest four to eight teams. Perhaps we’ve reached the acceptance stage of our grief, but we can move forward with a few more play-in games if that’s what it takes to keep the barbarians at the gate.

It’s also time for teams to make their moves in our latest mock bracket, now just nine days from Selection Sunday. Conference tournaments have begun, and the power conferences get going with their postseasons next…

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