Sentences with phrase «bubble teams»

Before I start work on tomorrow morning's full projection, a word of warning for fans of bubble teams.

Bubble Team Volunteers will give baths to shelter dogs to keep them clean, healthy, and ready for potential adopters.

I can't imagine them not getting in with that one, those 2 extra quadrant wins in the final three games has to put them over most all other bubble teams by comparison

Montreal's perceived flaws are high provincial taxes, a voracious media and its status as a perennial playoff bubble team that has won only three series since its last Cup, in 1993.

This is another crucial game for bubble teams, as the Wolf Pack are likely in with or without the Mountain West's auto bid.

The top - seeded Washington Huskies, a surprise no - show in the NCAA bracket considering their status as regular season conference champions, will play another NCAA bubble team in the Northwestern Wildcats.

ACC First Round Two of today's four games in Atlanta feature bubble teams in absolute can not lose games.

With so many bubble teams falling over the past few nights, the likelihood that a select number of the teams above could earn an at - large if they lose in their respective conference tournaments over the next week - plus has jumped.

Georgia had been considered an NCAA bubble team before losing six of seven games, prompting coach Mark Fox to say some players had lost confidence.

While Stanford doesn't have an at - large shot, bubble teams nationally will want them to lose since they're playing well enough right now to potentially steal the Pac - 12 auto bid.

Wyoming rolls into the tournament quite hot and stole a potential bubble teams bid by winning the Mountain West.

With the selection committee set to reveal the field on Sunday, which bubble team should be sweating hardest?

Jan 04,2016... College Basketball — Bubble teams Missouri and Alabama peak at the right time — Gonzaga's Stepp doesn»...

Both mid-major bubble teams fall out, though I would not be surprised if one or both reached the field.

USC and Louisville, arguably the two most prominent bubble teams caught up in the FBI scandal, do not get in.

(It will all come down to how the committee balances road record against wins against top teams) If we go 2 - 2 we are looking ok, and one ACC tourney win probably leaves us on the bubble with a 60/40 type situation, but our record against bubble teams probably really helps us after a sweep against GT and possibly another bubble win in the first tourney game against a wake / clemson potentially.

III and lower there wasn't even a State Top 20 bubble team close to be found.

Lots of bubble teams winning today.

A few hours later, the Selection Committee relegated several bubble teams to the NIT.

This year the Big Bubble Team instigated an Independence Day pool party before heading down to watch the Street Parade!

Lehner is not the «cancer» in the locker room nor will he be the downfall of what's at best a playoff bubble team.

A Penn State basketball team with improved versions of Mike Watkins, Lamar Stevens, and Josh Reaves is outstanding in and of itself from a historical Penn State perspective, and if Harrar and Wheeler keep improving and the incoming frosh can make an impact off the bench, this should be a bubble team again next year.

The Zags» triumph preserved a bubble team's place in the field.

While the Longhorns swept the season series, dropping this one to the Cyclones in Kansas City would be the dreaded «late bad loss» all bubble teams seek to avoid.

He is the kind of guy who could sign with a contender for 7.5 million across 3 years, a bubble team at 3 per or a crappy team with cap space for 3.5 - 4 per.

Rhode Island's auto - bid might cause some hand - wringing among other bubble teams, though — not that URI cares.

This morning, I mentioned that the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders» Conference USA Tournament semifinal matchup, potentially pitting Kermit Davis» squad against a Marshall Thundering Herd squad that won both of the pair's regular season meetings, was a potential trouble spot for them and for the bubble teams that needed Middle to claim the league's auto bid.

On the plus side, many of these bubble teams will be hosting early - round matchups in the NIT, giving fans one more chance to see their favorite team on its home floor.

While the teams that did make the field are celebrating, the bubble teams that didn't make it in will be awaiting their fate and preparing for the race to Madison Square Garden.

The thought of a six - week rental would make the bubble teams back out.

They meet again tonight (9 p.m., CBSSN) and bubble teams will be rooting for the Wolf Pack to avenge that defeat.

But the final game of the afternoon session is one bubble teams will be watching very closely, as the Kentucky Wildcats will aim to snuff out the Georgia Bulldogs» slim hopes (approx. 3:30 p.m., ESPN).

Most of these bubble teams, however, will have a difficult time this week.

At this time last week, I asked if any bubble team really wanted to play in this year's NCAAs.

The Wildcats still don't have much of a resume — their only wins over the Pomeroy Top 50 were against Michigan State and Seton Hall — and it says something about the other bubble teams that they still have a shot at all, but they appear to be in the field according to most Bracketologists.

We've had some runs as a top 10 team, and we've had some runs as a bubble team.

That's because two of the league's bubble teams — South Carolina and Georgia — lost their challenge matchups, while the Missouri Tigers, one of the four conference teams to miss the event, lost at Mississippi State — their third straight setback.

A win in the ACCT vs another bubble team gets us back onto the bubble, but then we get squeezed out by later tourney results.

That gets us an RPI in the 60s, better computer number than that, a winning conference record, and two better top end wins than almost all of the other bubble teams.

GT is a bubble team as well.

On a bubble team like our current one, the performances these guys are putting out fill the stat sheet, but do not elevate the team to an elite level.

I suspect a loss to a bubble team really doesn't hurt that much more than a loss vs. top 4 seed team.

Coach Barry Trotz and players miss no opportunity to bring up all the preseason predictions about them being a playoff bubble team.

This is largely because two of their four wins in their final 10 games came against a pair of fellow Pac - 12 bubble teams, the USC Trojans and UCLA Bruins, even if both in Tempe.

Bubble teams will be cheering for the Tigers to knock off the Eagles for a second time this season, as they're a potential bid thief.

While the Trojans» computer numbers were good and their road (6 - 5) and neutral - court (5 - 2) records decent for a bubble team, clearly the Committee didn't think their wins were of high enough quality.

Although the Badgers have already wrapped up a berth in the NCAA Tournament, the Hoosiers are viewed as a bubble team that desperately need another quality win to improve their resume.

It's Part Two of our 2012 IIHF World Championships previews, having a look at the bubble teams, the ones likely to finish outside the medals but compete for a playoff spot.