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Title: ESPN College Basketball Bubble Watch (Alabama Status Improves To Lock) Post by: pmull on March 08, 2012, 11:20:07 AM It's not often you'll see a team move to lock status after a loss to Ole Miss, but Alabama has officially accomplished that very feat this week. Why? Because, like Cincy and UVa above, while Bama doesn't exactly have the most overwhelming profile in the world -- 20-10 overall, 9-7 in the SEC, 3-5 vs. the top 50, etc. -- it does have three nonconference wins over current tournament teams (Wichita State, Purdue and VCU), a top-35 RPI, a top-20 SOS, and a top-50 nonconference slate. Ask yourself: If Alabama loses to South Carolina in the first round of the SEC tournament Thursday, would it fall below the current crop of bubble teams on the S-Curve? The answer is no. The Crimson Tide are in.
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bubblewatch Title: Re: ESPN College Basketball Bubble Watch (Alabama Status Improves To Lock) Post by: Marshal Dillon on March 08, 2012, 06:25:00 PM Joe Lunardi also has Tide as a "lock' for the NCAA Tourney. I don't see how Miss. State or UT makes it in with their numbers, unless they win 2 or 3 games and play in the Finals of the SEC.
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