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In his weekly musings Jerry Palm at CollegeRPI.com said it's likely to be a good year for teams from major conferences seeking at-large bids. Palm cites the lack of many strong at-large candidates from non-major conferences. If that proves to be true, that's good news for teams like the Gophers. Palm says:
"Another thing we may see is a paucity of at-large bids from the non-majors. ... There really aren't an overwhelming number of at-large candidates out there from the non-majors. The Valley is down, as are Gonzaga, Memphis and Davidson. The only non-majors in the rankings at the moment are Butler, Xavier and in the coaches' poll, St. Mary's. There may not be a lot of bid stealing this year because there may not be a lot of bids to steal."
"Another thing we may see is a paucity of at-large bids from the non-majors. ... There really aren't an overwhelming number of at-large candidates out there from the non-majors. The Valley is down, as are Gonzaga, Memphis and Davidson. The only non-majors in the rankings at the moment are Butler, Xavier and in the coaches' poll, St. Mary's. There may not be a lot of bid stealing this year because there may not be a lot of bids to steal."