NCAA 2009 Bubble Watch

Selection Sunday is upon us!! This will be the FINAL Bubble Watch before the brackets are released Sunday night. Chris will Project the Seeds around 4pm Eastern time. Last year, Chris predicted 64 of the 65 teams on Selection Sunday, only having Villanova out and Arizona St in. He also predicted 26 seeds EXACTLY and another 30 teams within one line of their actual seed. That’s 56 of the 65 teams in the 2008 tournament!!

ACC (6)
Lock: North Carolina, Duke, Wake Forrest, Florida St, Clemson, BC
Bubble: Maryland

Big East (7)
Lock: Pitt, UCONN, Villanova, Marquette, Louisville*, West Virginia, Syracuse
Bubble: Providence

Big Ten (6)
Lock: Michigan St, Purdue, Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio St, Michigan
Bubble: Minnesota, Penn St

Big 12 (6)
Lock: Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Missouri*, Oklahoma St, Texas A&M

Pac 10 (5)
Lock: UCLA, Arizona St, Washington, California, USC*
Bubble: Arizona

SEC (2)
Lock: LSU, Tennessee
Bubble: Florida, South Carolina, Auburn

Mountain West (2)
Lock: Utah*, BYU
Bubble: San Diego St

A-10 (3)
Lock: Xavier, Temple*, Dayton

WCC (1)
Lock: Gonzaga*
Bubble: St Mary’s

Missouri Valley (1)
Lock: Northern Iowa*
Bubble: Creighton

Horizon (2)
Lock: Butler, Cleveland St*

30 auto-bid qualifiers.
31 at-large locks.
4 bubble spots open.

The 4 remaining spots will be taken from this pool of bubble teams: Maryland, Providence, Penn St, Arizona, Florida, South Carolina, Auburn, San Diego St, St Mary’s, Creighton.

Last four in: Maryland, Minnesota, Creighton, St Mary’s

First four out: San Diego St, Arizona, Penn St, Auburn