Bubble, NCAA and Madness

Bubble Watch 2025: Conference locks for men's March Madness
Teams with Lock status have at least a 95% chance to make the tournament, according to the BPI forecast. (Yes, this means that 5% of the time, a team marked as a lock will miss the tourney. We set the threshold there as a nod to the traditional standard for significance testing.)
March Madness bubble watch: Panic meter for high-major college basketball teams in NCAA Tournament hunt
Life on the March Madness bubble comes with a slim margin for error as college basketball teams set their sights on an at-large berth in the NCAA Tournament. High-profile programs like North Carolina and Arkansas are well-aware of that reality and have been teetering on the projected cut line for much of the season.
Bracketology Bubble Watch: Gonzaga is closer to the NCAA Tournament cut line than it is used to
Gonzaga has an unusual tournament résumé. No team in the at-large pool has a big of a difference between how the predictive metrics measure it than the resume quality metrics do. The predictive metrics have the Bulldogs at 11.
NCAA tournament bracketology: So what’s the deal with Memphis?
With less than a month before Selection Sunday, the Tigers have perhaps the trickiest tournament profile for the selection committee to evaluate.
NCAA Tournament Bubble Watch: Jerry Palm on the outlook for 10 teams in jeopardy
Now under three weeks until Selection Sunday, CBS Sports Bracketologist Jerry Palm dives into what has to happen for bubble teams Illinois, Indiana, Arkansas, Vanderbilt, Texas, Georgia, Oklahoma, Wake Forest,
Bracketology Bubble Watch: Arkansas, BYU and VCU boost their NCAA Tournament résumés with big wins
BYU was again the big winner among bubble teams in action Saturday. I got a chance to see the Cougars live at Cincinnati two weeks ago. It was not a great performance in a blowout loss to the Bearcats.
NCAA Tournament women's bubble watch: Virginia Tech, Ivy League and Fairfield
There is a week left in the regular season for the four major conferences and teams have their final few chances to get quality wins and avoid bubble-bursting losses.
NCAA Tournament 2025: Stock Watch for Bubble Teams
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NCAA Tournament bubble watch: North Carolina, Indiana face uphill battle
FOX Sports' John Fanta reveals 11 teams on the bubble and dissects what each team needs to do in order to make the NCAA Tournament.
Indiana Bracketology: Teams To Watch For On The NCAA Tournament Bubble
Indiana is back in the NCAA Tournament hunt. Here are some teams Hoosiers fans can scoreboard-watch as the final two weeks of the regular season plays out.
March Madness bracket tracker: Latest look at who's in, out and on NCAA Tournament bubble
Here's a look at how the NCAA Tournament bracket projects as men's college basketball heads into late February. Who's in, out and on the bubble?
Bracketology Bubble Watch: North Carolina, Nebraska stay alive; West Virginia, Georgia look to build résumés
North Carolina beat another ACC also-ran in Florida State on Monday to stay afloat while waiting to get its shot at Duke. The ...
Men’s college basketball bubble watch: TCU arrives, SEC hopefuls take hits in stretch run
This was a big separation week, as we welcomed five more teams into the utopian realm of Lockdom. The bubble is shrinking.