ESPN (updated 3/5)
Texas Tech: 3 (Tulsa)
Kansas: 3 (Salt Lake City)
Kansas State: 5 (San Jose)
Iowa State: 5 (Hartford)
Baylor: 8 (Columbus)
Texas: 9 (Columbus)
Arizona State / TCU: 12 (San Jose)
Oklahoma: 10 (Des Moines)
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology
CBS (updated 3/4)
Texas Tech: 3 (Tulsa)
Kansas: 4 (Salt Lake City)
Kansas State: 4 (San Jose)
Iowa State: 7 (Tulsa)
Baylor: 8 (Salt Lake City)
TCU: 11 (Jacksonville)
Oklahoma: 10 (Jacksonville)
Texas: FIRST 4 OUT
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/bracketology/
Bracket Matrix (updated 3/4)
Texas Tech: 3.22
Kansas: 3.28
Kansas State: 5.01
Iowa State: 5.55
Baylor: 7.92
Oklahoma: 9.34
Texas: 9.50
TCU: 10.68
http://bracketmatrix.com/
USA Today (updated 3/5)
Texas Tech: 3 (Jacksonville)
Kansas: 3 (Salt Lake City)
Kansas State: 4 (San Jose)
Iowa State: 6 (Tulsa)
Baylor: 8 (Columbia)
Oklahoma: 9 (Columbia)
Texas: 12 (Hartford)
Arizona State/TCU: 12 (Jacksonville)
► No. 1 seeds: Virginia, Duke, Gonzaga, Tennessee
► Last four in: Arizona State, TCU, North Carolina State, Georgetown
► First Four out: Seton Hall, Clemson, Creighton, Furman
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...h-madness-bubble-selection-sunday/3052984002/
The Athletic (Bubble Watch – Updated 3/5)
Texas Tech: 3 (Tulsa) - Bracket from 3/1. The Athletic should have an updated bracket on Friday.
Big 12
Baylor! Locked! Exclamation points! LOUD NOISES! Forgive us our enthusiasm, but seriously: It’s pretty incredible stuff. When the 2019 Bubble Watch debuted all the way back in early January, the Bears were nowhere near the page, let alone a guaranteed tournament spot. Yet here they are, with two games left in the regular season, already a sure bet to make the tournament. And yes, we should have locked them on Friday before the loss at Kansas State, but hey, life moves pretty fast, etc., and it’s not like Saturday’s hard-fought road loss changes anything. Baylor’s going to the tournament. True story.
Lock: Texas Tech, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Baylor
Work to do: Texas, Oklahoma, TCU
Texas (16-14, 8-9 — NET: 33, SOS: 6): The Longhorns have been sneaky-good offensively in Big 12 play, a trait on significantly less-sneaky display in Saturday’s 86-69 win at Iowa State. That game, believe it or not, featured just 61 possessions. That’s — if you’ll pardon the professional jargon here — reallybleeping good. In theory, it was going to be fascinating to see what UT could manage at defensively terrifying Texas Tech on Monday night. In practice, the Tech terror won out.
This is a weird one: With wins (victories over North Carolina and Purdue chief among them) and strong NET and schedule numbers, you wouldn’t think the Longhorns would be at risk of missing the tournament. And yet another loss against TCU on Saturday would make them 16-15 heading into the Big 12 tournament, at risk of having to hope the committee would look past a .500 overall record on Selection Sunday. It’s a big risk.
Oklahoma (18-11, 6-10 — NET: 42, SOS: 23): The Sooners took care of necessities at home against West Virginia on Saturday, and in this case “necessities” is a literal term. With Kansas coming to town on Tuesday night and a Saturday visit to Kansas State on Senior Night (with the Wildcats looking to claim at least a share of the Big 12 title), it’s not hard to imagine Oklahoma ending the final week with two defeats. Can a team with a 6-12 Big 12 record get in the NCAA Tournament? Sure! Conference record isn’t supposed to matter to the committee, even if the precedent of correlation is relatively strong. Should a 6-12 team feel safe about its chances? Not really! But it’s better than being 5-13. Then again, a 1-1 finish to the season would obviate the need for these concerns altogether, so, um, maybe just do that?
TCU (18-12, 6-11 — NET: 48, SOS: 25): Whatever concerns Oklahoma has about its overall and conference records are shared by TCU. What’s more, the Horned Frogs’ only two Quadrant 1 wins both came over Iowa State, which feels like a specific quirk that may or may not come up in the committee’s deliberations. After missing a chance to change this dynamic at home against Kansas State on Monday night, TCU has just one regular-season game remaining: Saturday’s trip to Texas. Would a loss there keep the Frogs out of the tournament? Ostensibly, the bubble has bigger, stinkier fish to fry, which is not the same thing as saying TCU should feel safe.
https://theathletic.com/850473/2019...ome-to-lock-purgatory-now-please-take-a-seat/
Bracketville (Updated 3/4)
Texas Tech: 3 (Tulsa)
Kansas: 4 (San Jose)
Kansas State: 5 (Hartford)
Iowa State: 6 (Salt Lake City)
Baylor: 8 (Columbia)
Oklahoma: 9 (Columbus)
TCU: 10 (Des Moines)
Texas: 11 (Jacksonville)
https://bracketville.wordpress.com/bracketology/
Fox Sports (Updated 3/3)
Texas Tech: 3 Seed
https://www.foxsports.com/college-basketball/bracketeering?id=35
Texas Tech: 3 (Tulsa)
Kansas: 3 (Salt Lake City)
Kansas State: 5 (San Jose)
Iowa State: 5 (Hartford)
Baylor: 8 (Columbus)
Texas: 9 (Columbus)
Arizona State / TCU: 12 (San Jose)
Oklahoma: 10 (Des Moines)
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology
CBS (updated 3/4)
Texas Tech: 3 (Tulsa)
Kansas: 4 (Salt Lake City)
Kansas State: 4 (San Jose)
Iowa State: 7 (Tulsa)
Baylor: 8 (Salt Lake City)
TCU: 11 (Jacksonville)
Oklahoma: 10 (Jacksonville)
Texas: FIRST 4 OUT
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/bracketology/
Bracket Matrix (updated 3/4)
Texas Tech: 3.22
Kansas: 3.28
Kansas State: 5.01
Iowa State: 5.55
Baylor: 7.92
Oklahoma: 9.34
Texas: 9.50
TCU: 10.68
http://bracketmatrix.com/
USA Today (updated 3/5)
Texas Tech: 3 (Jacksonville)
Kansas: 3 (Salt Lake City)
Kansas State: 4 (San Jose)
Iowa State: 6 (Tulsa)
Baylor: 8 (Columbia)
Oklahoma: 9 (Columbia)
Texas: 12 (Hartford)
Arizona State/TCU: 12 (Jacksonville)
► No. 1 seeds: Virginia, Duke, Gonzaga, Tennessee
► Last four in: Arizona State, TCU, North Carolina State, Georgetown
► First Four out: Seton Hall, Clemson, Creighton, Furman
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...h-madness-bubble-selection-sunday/3052984002/
The Athletic (Bubble Watch – Updated 3/5)
Texas Tech: 3 (Tulsa) - Bracket from 3/1. The Athletic should have an updated bracket on Friday.
Big 12
Baylor! Locked! Exclamation points! LOUD NOISES! Forgive us our enthusiasm, but seriously: It’s pretty incredible stuff. When the 2019 Bubble Watch debuted all the way back in early January, the Bears were nowhere near the page, let alone a guaranteed tournament spot. Yet here they are, with two games left in the regular season, already a sure bet to make the tournament. And yes, we should have locked them on Friday before the loss at Kansas State, but hey, life moves pretty fast, etc., and it’s not like Saturday’s hard-fought road loss changes anything. Baylor’s going to the tournament. True story.
Lock: Texas Tech, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Baylor
Work to do: Texas, Oklahoma, TCU
Texas (16-14, 8-9 — NET: 33, SOS: 6): The Longhorns have been sneaky-good offensively in Big 12 play, a trait on significantly less-sneaky display in Saturday’s 86-69 win at Iowa State. That game, believe it or not, featured just 61 possessions. That’s — if you’ll pardon the professional jargon here — reallybleeping good. In theory, it was going to be fascinating to see what UT could manage at defensively terrifying Texas Tech on Monday night. In practice, the Tech terror won out.
This is a weird one: With wins (victories over North Carolina and Purdue chief among them) and strong NET and schedule numbers, you wouldn’t think the Longhorns would be at risk of missing the tournament. And yet another loss against TCU on Saturday would make them 16-15 heading into the Big 12 tournament, at risk of having to hope the committee would look past a .500 overall record on Selection Sunday. It’s a big risk.
Oklahoma (18-11, 6-10 — NET: 42, SOS: 23): The Sooners took care of necessities at home against West Virginia on Saturday, and in this case “necessities” is a literal term. With Kansas coming to town on Tuesday night and a Saturday visit to Kansas State on Senior Night (with the Wildcats looking to claim at least a share of the Big 12 title), it’s not hard to imagine Oklahoma ending the final week with two defeats. Can a team with a 6-12 Big 12 record get in the NCAA Tournament? Sure! Conference record isn’t supposed to matter to the committee, even if the precedent of correlation is relatively strong. Should a 6-12 team feel safe about its chances? Not really! But it’s better than being 5-13. Then again, a 1-1 finish to the season would obviate the need for these concerns altogether, so, um, maybe just do that?
TCU (18-12, 6-11 — NET: 48, SOS: 25): Whatever concerns Oklahoma has about its overall and conference records are shared by TCU. What’s more, the Horned Frogs’ only two Quadrant 1 wins both came over Iowa State, which feels like a specific quirk that may or may not come up in the committee’s deliberations. After missing a chance to change this dynamic at home against Kansas State on Monday night, TCU has just one regular-season game remaining: Saturday’s trip to Texas. Would a loss there keep the Frogs out of the tournament? Ostensibly, the bubble has bigger, stinkier fish to fry, which is not the same thing as saying TCU should feel safe.
https://theathletic.com/850473/2019...ome-to-lock-purgatory-now-please-take-a-seat/
Bracketville (Updated 3/4)
Texas Tech: 3 (Tulsa)
Kansas: 4 (San Jose)
Kansas State: 5 (Hartford)
Iowa State: 6 (Salt Lake City)
Baylor: 8 (Columbia)
Oklahoma: 9 (Columbus)
TCU: 10 (Des Moines)
Texas: 11 (Jacksonville)
https://bracketville.wordpress.com/bracketology/
Fox Sports (Updated 3/3)
Texas Tech: 3 Seed
https://www.foxsports.com/college-basketball/bracketeering?id=35
