STF Bubble Watch: 3/12/08

This week on Bubble Watch we'll be tracking a number of teams and letting you know just where we see them in the pecking order. Expect the bubble to fluctuate quite a bit as we head down the final stretch this week and teams hop on and off the bubble as they're eliminated from their conference tournaments (or even win them). It's now a daily scope folks. So no more waiting until Monday/Friday to see how much your A-10 squad has damaged their status this week. If there's any team not mentioned here that you're curious about just drop a comment or e-mail me here.


What Bubble? (Should be in):
St. Mary's, South Alabama, Kent State, Illinois State, Arizona, Arizona State, UMass, Arkansas, UNLV, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Ohio State.

Let There Be Life (More than enough chances to get in, but out for now):
Syracuse, Virginia Tech, New Mexico, Villanova, Dayton, Temple, Ole Miss, Texas A&M, Oregon, and St. Joe's.

Neutral (Season's over, and need a lot of luck to get in.)
VCU

Auto-Bid Or Bust? (Can still play in, but it'll take a conference final appearance to make it happen and even that might not be enough):
Florida, Maryland, Rhode Island, Stephen F. Austin, UAB, and Houston.

Let's Get Eliminated (Season over...):
Southern Illinois, and Creighton.

Changes:
WKU off the bubble

A Few Thoughts

- Bubble teams rejoiced last night as Western Kentucky picked up the Sun Belt auto-bid and moved off the bubble. And Butler dispatched Cleveland State to keep another bid alive as well.

- Outside of WKU moving off the bubble their wasn't any movement on the bubble, but that'll change today as the Big East, C-USA, MAC, A-10, SWAC, MEAC, Big West, and Pac-10 tournaments all kick off with plenty of bubble games to watch out for.

- With no major movement to speak of I bid you adieu for today, but expect a whole bunch of shuffling tomorrow.