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It's time to start our yearly bubble exercise. We're about a week early this season, but thought I'd throw one atcha' as a warm-up for the next several weeks.

Below are snapshot resumes of 5 bubble teams, but their names and RPIs aren't provided. You are the Selection Committee, and you only have 2 at-large spots available. Which 2 would you take?

I will reveal the teams at approximately 3:15 p.m. If you think you've figured out who any of these teams are, I ask that you don't post the name(s). Good luck, and there are no right or wrong answers, only opinions.

Team A
Record: 18-6
Overall Strength of Schedule (SOS): 101
Nonconference SOS: 229
Road/Neutral Record vs. RPI Top 100: 2-3
Record vs. RPI Top 50: 3-3
Record vs. RPI Top 100: 5-5
Bad Losses (RPI 101+): 1
Best 3 Wins by RPI: @ #17, #33, #49 (total = 99)

Team B
Record: 20-6
Overall Strength of Schedule: 105
Nonconference SOS: 104
Road/Neutral Record vs. RPI Top 100: 4-3
Record vs. RPI Top 50: 1-2
Record vs. RPI Top 100: 8-4
Bad Losses (RPI 101+): 2
Best 3 Wins by RPI: vs. #32, #51, #59 (total = 142)

Team C
Record: 15-9
Overall Strength of Schedule: 62
Nonconference SOS: 20
Road/Neutral Record vs. RPI Top 100: 4-3
Record vs. RPI Top 50: 4-4
Record vs. RPI Top 100: 6-4
Bad Losses (RPI 101+): 5
Best 3 Wins by RPI: vs. #2, @ #38, vs. #48 (total = 88)

Team D
Record: 16-8
Overall Strength of Schedule: 67
Nonconference SOS: 175
Road/Neutral Record vs. RPI Top 100: 0-6
Record vs. RPI Top 50: 2-5
Record vs. RPI Top 100: 6-6
Bad Losses (RPI 101+): 2
Best 3 Wins by RPI: #20, #23, #52 (total = 95)

Team E
Record: 18-6
Overall Strength of Schedule: 97
Nonconference SOS: 253
Road/Neutral Record vs. RPI Top 100: 1-5
Record vs. RPI Top 50: 1-4
Record vs. RPI Top 100: 5-6
Bad Losses (RPI 101+): 0
Best 3 Wins by RPI: #34, #71, @ #76 (total = 181)
 

I'll take A and D for the combo of top 50/100 wins, bad losses, and best 3 wins.
 

You'd really mess with people's heads if you listed the worst 3 losses. What up Virginia?
 

B & D, but I'm not enthralled with any of these. Defintely not E, though.
 

I would take A and D, thought about C but the 5 bad losses are the main reason I didn't choose them.
 


A and B

C's bad losses too much
D's got no road/neutral v Top 100
E and B are close
 

A & B even though I don't like A's Nonconference SOS. C too many bad losses.
 

C is the easiest choice. I'd go with A next.
 




The final tally

For the record, I chose B and C.

Our esteemed GopherHole "Selection Committee" chose A and B for the final 2 at-large spots. The voting went as follows:

A: 5
B: 5
C: 3
D: 3
E: 0

Sliding into the tournament were A (Charlotte/#55 RPI) from the A-10 and B (Creighton/#50 RPI) of the Missouri Valley.

Missing out were C (Indiana State/#59 RPI) from the Missouri Valley, D (Iowa State/#53 RPI) of the Big 12, and E (Ole Miss/#48 RPI) of the SEC.

Thanks for participating. We'll reconvene sometime next week.
 

SelectionSunday said:
For the record, I chose B and C.

Our esteemed GopherHole "Selection Committee" chose A and B for the final 2 at-large spots. The voting went as follows:

A: 5
B: 5
C: 3
D: 3
E: 0

Sliding into the tournament were A (Charlotte/#55 RPI) from the A-10 and B (Creighton/#50 RPI) of the Missouri Valley.

Missing out were C (Indiana State/#59 RPI) from the Missouri Valley, D (Iowa State/#53 RPI) of the Big 12, and E (Ole Miss/#48 RPI) of the SEC.

Thanks for participating. We'll reconvene sometime next week.
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Are Creighton and Ole Miss really on the bubble? I thought those two were in the top 15 or 20 of the AP just 2 or 3 weeks ago, have they both fallen off significantly since then? I also remember seeing headlines a little while back saying that Ole Miss could compete for the SEC crown this year (which isn't saying a whole lot I suppose).
 


Cayman said:
Are Creighton and Ole Miss really on the bubble? I thought those two were in the top 15 or 20 of the AP just 2 or 3 weeks ago, have they both fallen off significantly since then? I also remember seeing headlines a little while back saying that Ole Miss could compete for the SEC crown this year (which isn't saying a whole lot I suppose).
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If Creighton and Ole Miss aren't on the bubble, they're very close to it. I'd say Creighton has more wiggle room than Ole Miss.
 



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