Illinois State lost their chance for a bid today, too?

[Tulsa Brave]

I don't understand what you're saying here. ISU lost a few games in the non-conference that they should have won, but there were no "big wins" that they missed out on. They played a relatively weak non-conference schedule, I'll give you that. They did beat Cincinnati, which is in a down year, but still has proven it can beat good teams. They did lose out on beating Kent State, but other than that, their losses in the non-conference have been to Indiana, which was a closer game than the score would indicate (a 13 point loss), Kent State, a 6 point loss, and Eastern Michigan, which is probably their worst loss on their resume. All of their other losses were to conference foes. The worst thing to me is the fact that they lost to Drake 3 times.

They needed to beat either Kent State or Indiana. 0-5 against the top 50 almost always means no at-large bid. UAB was 0-4 a few years ago and stunned me by getting in. But I'm not aware of any 0-5 teams getting an at-large within the past 10 years. I will be shocked if ISU gets in...not impossible but highly unlikely.

[cpacmel]

They needed to beat either Kent State or Indiana. 0-5 against the top 50 almost always means no at-large bid. UAB was 0-4 a few years ago and stunned me by getting in. But I'm not aware of any 0-5 teams getting an at-large within the past 10 years. I will be shocked if ISU gets in...not impossible but highly unlikely.

Actually UAB was 0-5 that year. (2005) Tulsa was 0-4 in 2002 and got an at-large. Amazingly Richmond was 2-10 against the top 50 and got an At-Large in 2004. ( I know, that has little to do with this)

Creighton sits at #51 in the RPI. It is possible they end of in the top 50.

[natenb]

Interesting, Lunardi has ISU as an 11 seed, playing none other than Vandy

[IlliBraves]

VCU also lost last night in its conference tournament's semis.

[Dallas Brave]

lll St is a 10 seed in the Fox Sports brackethttp://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/7895596?MSNHPHMA

[tornado]

San Diego's win has the West Coast Conference folks all ecstatic,
'cause now they feel they are guaranteed to be a 3-BID League!!

http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/7898184/San-Diego's-win-means-3-WCC-teams-should-get-bids?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162&ATT=99

[Braves4Life]

Drake a 5; ISU an 11...............

http://collegebasketball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=773443

[OrangeandBlack74]

ISU is now on the "last four in" list in Lunardi's latest Bracketology on ESPN.com.....

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/bracketology

[BU_EMT128]

ISU is now on the "last four in" list in Lunardi's latest Bracketology on ESPN.com.....

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/bracketology

If a couple conference tournaments don't go the way the seeding says they should (i.e. Gonzaga upset) ISU is in real trouble. I honestly think after it is said and done that ISU will be left out, however they will be hosting an NIT game.

[BU ICEMAN]

Updated Bubble Watch with an in-depth analysis of ISU vs. VCU......

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/bubblewatch?id=76

[shaunguth]

Here are some projections that have been updated today:

USA Today: IN

FOX: 12 seed

CNNsi: IN

CBS: 12 seed

ESPN Bracketology: 12 seed

Rivals: 11 seed

Bracketography: BUBBLE

NIT-ology: NIT (2 seed)

[BradleyBrave]

Villanova losing, Dayton losing, and UAB losing are all very good things for the Redbirds. They're dancing, and making it over a decade of 2+ bids from the MVC.

[MacabreMob]

UAB and Dayton lost - both were nice.

Now need Memphis to clean up the C-USA Tourney and keep their #1 seed (also preventing a 2nd team from CUSA).

[Tulsa Brave]

Dayton still has a very good chance of getting in. Villanova not as much of a chance. UAB is toast. I still think the Redbirds fall short. They better root like heck against Ole Miss tonight and Virginia Tech and Arkansas tomorrow.

[pfunk880]

Dayton still has a very good chance of getting in. Villanova not as much of a chance. UAB is toast. I still think the Redbirds fall short. They better root like heck against Ole Miss tonight and Virginia Tech and Arkansas tomorrow.

There is no way Dayton gets in.