***2026-27 Mens College Basketball Thread***
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The media has been shilling the big 10 and SEC as 12 bid leagues since October so that it won’t seem like they are getting special treatment from the committee when they get special treatment.
If Belmont had advanced at least to MVC semifinal, it'd be within at-large shot. (Advancing to final and losing there even more so).
I've been annoyed by Auburn's continued presence near good side of bubble, but it has an advantage over others because it can continue to play.
These teams that remained at/near the bubble range can't control anything directly (no specific order):
SMU
Indiana
Texas
Cal
Stanford
Cincinnati
Virginia Tech
West Virginia
Still alive and "rising by failure of others" include these, some of them long shots:
Seton Hall
Oklahoma (gag)
Florida State
Oklahoma State
I have no idea where this leaves teams like New Mexico, San Diego State and South Florida.
These teams that remained at/near the bubble range can't control anything directly (no specific order):
SMU
Indiana
Texas
Cal
Stanford
Cincinnati
Virginia Tech
West Virginia
Still alive and "rising by failure of others" include these, some of them long shots:
Seton Hall
Oklahoma (gag)
Florida State
Oklahoma State
I have no idea where this leaves teams like New Mexico, San Diego State and South Florida.
Cyclonepride
Thought Police
Indiana just seems like that obviously crappy team that shouldn’t even be under consideration but they’ll get a spot over three or four teams that deserve it more
IMO the accomplishments of a 30+ game regular season shouldn't be wiped out by an early loss in the Conference Tournament.
If we go back a week, Belmont was 26-5 vs. 18-13 Texas or Indiana. I would hope Belmont would have been seeded higher based on regular season record. They all lost and it's not like Texas or Indiana got beat by good teams either!
And maybe Belmont isn't the team that should get in over Big10, SEC, Big12 or ACC bubble teams. I would prefer Akron & VCU in as well.
I just look at some of these .500 record P4 schools and they haven't beaten many top 25 teams. In the Big10, Ohio State is 2-7, Iowa 1-8 and Indiana 1-8. I'd rather see 25+ win mid-majors given a shot.
The 8 best teams are all still playing in the quarters tomorrow for the big 12.
Will be a fun day.
Will be a fun day.
They're still going to put teams like Texas and Indiana in aren't they?
Don’t forget about the win against Washington! Huge win for the McCollum led hawks
There might not be a lot of other options. Unless you prefer Auburn to one of those.
Among the few possibilities, most containing some level of "ifs":
A-10: VCU is in now, but near fringe, has to advance at least a couple of rounds. If auto-bid is other than SLU or VCU, that's bid steal.
American: South Florida maybe could maintain at-large, but already is in 12 range, would a couple of wins leap UT/IU types? Probably one-bid league.
Big East: Auto-bid other than UConn, SJU or Nova. Seton Hall is only remaining fringe at-large, but it's quite a ways down the list.
MAC: Auto-bid to someone other than Miami, and hope they reach title game just to be safe (should be in already, but don't tempt fate).
MWC: Either New Mexico or San Diego State gets auto-bid. One of them as at-large is possible, but no real chance to build on resume, and they'd face each other in semifinal (so both couldn't advance to final).
Any other bid stealing would have to come from P4 leagues, that'd be just as bad.
