Bubbles burst all across the country last night. Teams needing wins to solidify their entre in to the NCAA tournament came up empty handed.
In the Big 12, Baylor lost to 12th seeded Colorado. This is huge since Baylor was only one game above .500 in the league and Texas A & M won their first round game. The combination could leave the Bears on the outside looking in. I doubt that they will take 6 teams from the Big 12.
Over in the PAC-10, Arizona lost to Stanford. Once and for all let’s stop talking about Arizona’s close losses. They are out and awaiting the return of LUte Olsen next year. Also, look for Kevin O’Neill to be out as well. Arizona State didn’t help themselves last night with their loss. The most crushing blow was to Oregon. Washington State beat the Ducks in what could be the last game for Ernie Kent. One final note on the Pac-10, there are rumors that Ben Braun could be out at Cal after another loss to UCLA. Good guy and great coach who just hasn’t been able to get the Bears over the hump.
Down south in the SEC, Ole Miss lost to Georgia and Florida lost to Alabama. The Gators were 8-8 in the league while Ole Miss finished 7-9 in conference. They definitely pulled a Clemson from last year. Great start agianst bad teams and a bad finish against good teams. Do you think Billy Donovan is having second thoughts about the Maigc job. Mark my words, whenever a coach leaves a job and then comes back it always ends in a bad way.
In the ACC, the young, schizophrenic Maryland Terrapins ended their tourney hopes with a loss to Boston College. Wake Forest’s dream of going to hte tourney in the memory of Skip Prosser was ruined by Florida State.
WHO BENEFITS—
Illinois State and VCU are back in due to the BCS conference bubble teams falling short in their conference tournament. Kind of a switch, usually it is the big schools hoping their are no upsets in the small conferences.
