The Aggies are out of the SEC Tournament, but safely in the NCAA Tournament, so let's relax and watch some basketball.
What's changed: Not a ton. My sweet narrative boy Florida State is gone, and now a lot of the "who we're for" today just depends on how much you trust the selection committee. If you think that they're going to get most everyone within a couple of spots on the seed line of what they deserve, then there's a path here today to be for a bid stealer, but not too many bid stealers, to potentially push Texas closer to the edge and maybe land us on the 10 line instead of the 9. But I think down that path lies danger, and would rather just pull for results that make sure we stay out of Dayton. But up to you, so I'm removing that today.
(projected seeds are a combination of bracketmatrix and ColleyvilleAg)
Bid Thief Watch:
Maximum number of bids that can still be stolen: 4 (SEC, Big East, Mountain West, A-10)
George Washington vs (9) St. Louis - 10:30 AM - USA Network - A-10 Quarterfinal
Ole Miss vs (4) Alabama - 6 PM - SEC Network - SEC Quarterfinal
Georgetown vs (2) UConn - 7 PM - FS1 - Big East Semifinal
Nevada vs (8) Utah State - 8:30 PM - CBSSN - Mountain West Semifinal
Duquesne vs (B -4) - VCU - 4 PM - USA Network - A-10 Quarterfinal
(9) Ohio State vs (1) Michigan - 11 AM - Big Ten Network - Big Ten Quarterfinal
(7) Kentucky vs (1) Florida - 12 PM - ESPN - SEC Quarterfinal
(6) Wisconsin vs (2) Illinois - 1:30 PM - Big Ten Network - Big Ten Quarterfinal
(6) Tennessee vs (5) Vanderbilt - 2:30 PM - SEC Network - SEC Quarterfinal
(3) Purdue vs (3) Nebraska - 5:30 PM - Big Ten Network - Big Ten Quarterfinal
(3) Iowa State vs (1) Arizona - 6 PM - ESPN - Big 12 Semifinal
(7) Miami vs (4) Virginia - 6 PM - ESPN2 - ACC Semifinal
(8) UCLA vs (2) Michigan State - 8 PM - Big Ten Network - Big Ten Quarterfinal
(8) Clemson vs (1) Duke - 8:30 PM - ESPN2 - ACC Semifinal
(4) Kansas vs (2) Houston - 8:30 PM - ESPN - Big 12 Semifinal
O' Empire Wide and Glorious:
Prairie View A&M vs Alabama A&M - 1 PM - ESPN+ - SWAC Semifinal
Kennesaw State vs Sam Houston - 2 PM - CBSSN - CUSA Semifinal
North Texas at Tulsa - 2:30 PM - ESPN2 - American Quarterfinal
UT Arlington vs Utah Valley - 8 PM - ESPN+ - WAC Semifinal
What's changed: Not a ton. My sweet narrative boy Florida State is gone, and now a lot of the "who we're for" today just depends on how much you trust the selection committee. If you think that they're going to get most everyone within a couple of spots on the seed line of what they deserve, then there's a path here today to be for a bid stealer, but not too many bid stealers, to potentially push Texas closer to the edge and maybe land us on the 10 line instead of the 9. But I think down that path lies danger, and would rather just pull for results that make sure we stay out of Dayton. But up to you, so I'm removing that today.
(projected seeds are a combination of bracketmatrix and ColleyvilleAg)
Bid Thief Watch:
Maximum number of bids that can still be stolen: 4 (SEC, Big East, Mountain West, A-10)
George Washington vs (9) St. Louis - 10:30 AM - USA Network - A-10 Quarterfinal
- Choose your own adventure here. St. Louis win keeps the bubble as big as possible. A St. Louis loss guarantees two bids for the A10 (which they might get anyway) and would likely move St. Louis behind us on the seed list.
Ole Miss vs (4) Alabama - 6 PM - SEC Network - SEC Quarterfinal
Georgetown vs (2) UConn - 7 PM - FS1 - Big East Semifinal
Nevada vs (8) Utah State - 8:30 PM - CBSSN - Mountain West Semifinal
- This game is late enough that we should know by then if we don't want any more bids stolen or if we're probably in the clear to pull for Nevada.
Duquesne vs (B -4) - VCU - 4 PM - USA Network - A-10 Quarterfinal
- Would avoiding this loss be enough to lock in VCU?
- Win and in for Oklahoma?
- I don't think it's completely out of the question that the winner of this games gets the last spot in the field without beating Utah State, but Oklahoma would probably need to lose and no other bid stealers win.
(9) Ohio State vs (1) Michigan - 11 AM - Big Ten Network - Big Ten Quarterfinal
(7) Kentucky vs (1) Florida - 12 PM - ESPN - SEC Quarterfinal
(6) Wisconsin vs (2) Illinois - 1:30 PM - Big Ten Network - Big Ten Quarterfinal
(6) Tennessee vs (5) Vanderbilt - 2:30 PM - SEC Network - SEC Quarterfinal
(3) Purdue vs (3) Nebraska - 5:30 PM - Big Ten Network - Big Ten Quarterfinal
(3) Iowa State vs (1) Arizona - 6 PM - ESPN - Big 12 Semifinal
(7) Miami vs (4) Virginia - 6 PM - ESPN2 - ACC Semifinal
(8) UCLA vs (2) Michigan State - 8 PM - Big Ten Network - Big Ten Quarterfinal
(8) Clemson vs (1) Duke - 8:30 PM - ESPN2 - ACC Semifinal
(4) Kansas vs (2) Houston - 8:30 PM - ESPN - Big 12 Semifinal
O' Empire Wide and Glorious:
Prairie View A&M vs Alabama A&M - 1 PM - ESPN+ - SWAC Semifinal
Kennesaw State vs Sam Houston - 2 PM - CBSSN - CUSA Semifinal
North Texas at Tulsa - 2:30 PM - ESPN2 - American Quarterfinal
UT Arlington vs Utah Valley - 8 PM - ESPN+ - WAC Semifinal
