Games to pay attention to: Wednesday, March 5

[Bill Marsh]

Tennessee @ Auburn - Tennessee is on the bubble. Auburn is a bad team in a weak SEC, but on the road Tennessee is only favored by 5 !/2. if Auburn could pull off an upset tonight, it would be devastating to Tennessee's chances.

Colorado @Stanford - Both teams look to be headed to the tournament, but Stanford is on the bubble at home. Favored by 6, a loss to Colorado in a game that Stanford should win would hurt their current RPI position of 42 and drop them within reach of the Big East bubble teams.

Utah @Cal - Cal looks to be on the wrong side of the bubble right now, but they are in there fighting for a bid with everyone else. They just lost back-to-back games to the Arizona teams and a UCLA loss 2 weeks ago makes it 3 out of 4. Those are all good teams, so they can recover, but this game against Utah, a top 100 team, is pretty much a must-win game for them. They are favored by just half a point, but a home loss here would further weaken their fading hopes.

Nebraska @Indiana Nebraska is currently on the wrong side of the bubble and desperately need a win tonight over Indiana on the road to get on the right side of the bubble. Indiana is favored by 4 1/2, but this is definitely a game that Nebraska could win. If they don't, their chances are in trouble.

[stever20]

Tennessee @ Auburn - Tennessee is on the bubble. Auburn is a bad team in a weak SEC, but on the road Tennessee is only favored by 5 !/2. if Auburn could pull off an upset tonight, it would be devastating to Tennessee's chances.

Colorado @Stanford - Both teams look to be headed to the tournament, but Stanford is on the bubble at home. Favored by 6, a loss to Colorado in a game that Stanford should win would hurt their current RPI position of 42 and drop them within reach of the Big East bubble teams.

Utah @Cal - Cal looks to be on the wrong side of the bubble right now, but they are in there fighting for a bid with everyone else. They just lost back-to-back games to the Arizona teams and a UCLA loss 2 weeks ago makes it 3 out of 4. Those are all good teams, so they can recover, but this game against Utah, a top 100 team, is pretty much a must-win game for them. They are favored by just half a point, but a home loss here would further weaken their fading hopes.

Nebraska @Indiana Nebraska is currently on the wrong side of the bubble and desperately need a win tonight over Indiana on the road to get on the right side of the bubble. Indiana is favored by 4 1/2, but this is definitely a game that Nebraska could win. If they don't, their chances are in trouble.

Two on the other side... Dayton @ St Louis. A Dayton win and they are looking really solid for a tourney spot..

Also- St Joe's @ GW. Winner of this game is likely a lock for the tourney.

[Bill Marsh]

Tennessee @ Auburn - Tennessee is on the bubble. Auburn is a bad team in a weak SEC, but on the road Tennessee is only favored by 5 !/2. if Auburn could pull off an upset tonight, it would be devastating to Tennessee's chances.

Colorado @Stanford - Both teams look to be headed to the tournament, but Stanford is on the bubble at home. Favored by 6, a loss to Colorado in a game that Stanford should win would hurt their current RPI position of 42 and drop them within reach of the Big East bubble teams.

Utah @Cal - Cal looks to be on the wrong side of the bubble right now, but they are in there fighting for a bid with everyone else. They just lost back-to-back games to the Arizona teams and a UCLA loss 2 weeks ago makes it 3 out of 4. Those are all good teams, so they can recover, but this game against Utah, a top 100 team, is pretty much a must-win game for them. They are favored by just half a point, but a home loss here would further weaken their fading hopes.

Nebraska @Indiana Nebraska is currently on the wrong side of the bubble and desperately need a win tonight over Indiana on the road to get on the right side of the bubble. Indiana is favored by 4 1/2, but this is definitely a game that Nebraska could win. If they don't, their chances are in trouble.

Two on the other side... Dayton @ St Louis. A Dayton win and they are looking really solid for a tourney spot..

Also- St Joe's @ GW. Winner of this game is likely a lock for the tourney.

Good games to follow, Steve. I didn't include the Dayton @St Louis game because I don't think Dayton has much of a shot, but you're right that if Dayton could pull it off, it would be huge for them. I'm assuming that GW and St. Joe's are both already in and we're not competing with them on the bubble right now.

[gosports1]

we need stanford tennessee and nebraska to lose to help the chances of providence and st johns

[Bill Marsh]

Tennessee is blowing out Auburn by 22 late in the first half. Doesn't look like there will be much help coming from that direction.

Nebraska is leading Indiana by 4 with 3 minutes to go. Looks like that one could go either way.

[Bill Marsh]

Nebraska won by 10, bumping their projected RPI to 51 and meaning more competition.

[gofriars08]

Mizzou also held on, another team on the bubble hanging on. Colorado also leads on the road against Stanford. Not a good day for Big East bubble teams - really needed a couple of these guys to fall on a sword.

[MackNova]

Dayton up 4 with 4:20 to go. That would be a huge win for them. Top-25 road wins are few and far between among bubble teams.

[Bill Marsh]

Mizzou also held on, another team on the bubble hanging on. Colorado also leads on the road against Stanford. Not a good day for Big East bubble teams - really needed a couple of these guys to fall on a sword.

There was no way that Missouri was going to lose to A&M at home. A win was expected and really doesn't help them.

[MackNova]

Mizzou also held on, another team on the bubble hanging on. Colorado also leads on the road against Stanford. Not a good day for Big East bubble teams - really needed a couple of these guys to fall on a sword.

There was no way that Missouri was going to lose to A&M at home. A win was expected and really doesn't help them.

The 2nd point is accurate.

The 1st point shows you neither paid attention to this game nor Missouri's season.