Bubble Watch

[nyg]

Jerry Palm still has Marquette in his last four here on CBSSN bit. And this was considering today's win. Dude is nuts.

Uh, Lunardi had same at his 5pm update.  Last in, close to byes. 

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

Uh, Lunardi had same at his 5pm update.  Last in, close to byes.

No. He had us with one of the last four byes.

[nyg]

No. He had us with one of the last four byes.

As an 11 seed.  Very close to in from him. 

Beat SH and probably move to 10/9. BET now a seed tournament. 

[amen426]

Either way - the point is, Lunardi didn't move us a single spot after the win.

Which means, in his eyes, we would probably need to beat Villanova to jump into a single digit seed.

Still think we're a lock to get out of Dayton, but the fact that he didn't move us a single spot after that win is a little disappointing. Could certainly fall back 1 spot with a L vs. Seton Hall and a bid stealer emerges.

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

Wake up 4 on VT. 1 minute left.

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

URI gets 5 second violation inbounding ball with 10 seconds left, tie gane. Davidson guy gets stuffed at the rim after splitting 4 defenders.

Going to OT.

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

URI pulls it out in OT. Davidsons 3 attempt to tie it comes up a bit short.

[Herman Cain]

Wake up 4 on VT. 1 minute left.

Buzz leaving another turd on our doorstep....

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

This is one of those nightmare bubble days that really make you happy MU took it into their own hands and won. Feels damn good.

[Herman Cain]

This is one of those nightmare bubble days that really make you happy MU took it into their own hands and won. Feels damn good.

I agree with this analysis.

[jsglow]

This is one of those nightmare bubble days that really make you happy MU took it into their own hands and won. Feels damn good.

Great point.  Looking far less 'soft' than just a week ago.  Teams like Illinois State and Xavier should be very nervous.  Glad we took care of business.  Six BEast teams dance.  Xavier still has work to do.

[mu03eng]

Great point.  Looking far less 'soft' than just a week ago.  Teams like Illinois State and Xavier should be very nervous.  Glad we took care of business.  Six BEast teams dance.  Xavier still has work to do.

Disagree....i think as long as X doesn't lose in their opening round they are the 7th Big East team in

[jsglow]

Disagree....i think as long as X doesn't lose in their opening round they are the 7th Big East team in

No disagreement from me. What I meant was that they're fine unless they screw up against DePaul.  Probably Dayton, but fine.

[MUBigDance]

Less optomistic about Xavier. They might have good RPI numbers but committee has reasons. Losing streak broke only by two DePaul win? Top talent out. And 7 BE Teams doesn't sit well. Certainly bubble bubble might bubble up a spot.

I'm sure others have their opinions. I hope X gets in and BE wins a bunch.

[Warrior_2002]

We need to take care of Seton Hall to be sure.  Fox showed us as an 8 before the game was over.  That seems so ridiculously high.

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

Almost every bubble team is winning ove the course of tge week.  I was really rooting against providence n seton hall today.  Really concerned that this might turn into a nightmare for marquette.  Especially if what the nbc guy said holds water with the commitee

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

Almost every bubble team is winning ove the course of tge week.  I was really rooting against providence n seton hall today.  Really concerned that this might turn into a nightmare for marquette.  Especially if what the nbc guy said holds water with the commitee

Dude. We're fine

[muguru]

We all think the bubble is really soft this year, but I heard two bracketologists or analysts say it's actually a normal bubble.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

We all think the bubble is really soft this year, but I heard two bracketologists or analysts say it's actually a normal bubble.

Those bracketologists should be fired.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

This is one of those nightmare bubble days that really make you happy MU took it into their own hands and won. Feels damn good.

Not too bad of a day actually.

TCU/Georgia/Geogia Tech/UT Alrington all lost any hope of an at-large
Illinois/Cal are now on the wrong side of the bubble
Michigan State lost which probably puts them below us
St. Francis/Vandy/Fresno/Houston Baptist/IUPUI all won boosting our RPI
UNC-W/Wichita State/Gonzaga (I assume, their up in the 2nd half) all won, meaning less chance of bid-stealers.

But you are right, the most important result is that we won!

[MuMark]

Lunardi just said he isn't ruling out Georgia Tech. Said they could beat Pitt and then Virginia and......

I think these guys are just trolling for dollars now.....

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

Lunardi just said he isn't ruling out Georgia Tech. Said they could beat Pitt and then Virginia and......

I think these guys are just trolling for dollars now.....

They gotta fill air time, and still have another week to talk possibilities. To me, there is a pretty significant gap between the first grouping of byes and the first four out. He also has Illinois State as the AQ and Wichita as an at large. When ISU loses tomorrow, they'll fall below us, in all likelihood.

I thought we'd get a little more of a push in the brackets today - from Lunardi specifically, but I'm not gonna lose any sleep over it. I think tomorrow's bracket matrix updates will show that most brackets will have given us a larger boost - perhaps above Michigan State and Dayton. South Carolina dropping like a rock too, and Va Tech and Ok State lost today as well.  Some room for upward movement despite wins for a lot of back end tournament teams today.

Bottom line, MU is in the tournament and has put themselves in a great spot heading into MsG.

[wadesworld]

SI.com moved MU to a lock along with Creighton, Nova, and Butler.

[Windyplayer]

SI.com moved MU to a lock along with Creighton, Nova, and Butler.

Sweet.

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

Palm moved Marquette up to a 10 seed this am. Logic got the better of him, apparently.