How This Works: First there will be a breakdown by conference in six categories: Locks, Near Locks, Should Be In, Bubble, Work To Do, and then teams not listed are Long Shots. After the conference-by-conference breakdown there will be a breakdown of the resumes of each bubble team and then my current 1-6 seeds (1-24 on the S-Curve)

A-10

Locks: None

Near Locks: None

Should Be In: 

Bubble: None

Work To Do: None

ACC

Locks: 

Near Locks: 

Should Be In: None

Bubble: 

Work To Do: 

American

Locks: 

Near Locks: 

Should Be In: 

Bubble: None

Work To Do: None

Big 12

Locks: 

Near Locks: None

Should Be In: 

Bubble: 

Work To Do: 

Big East

Locks: 

Near Locks: 

Should Be In: None

Bubble: 

Work To Do: None

Big Ten

Locks: None

Near Locks: 

Should Be In: 

Bubble: 

Work To Do: 

Pac-12

Locks: 

Near Locks: None

Should Be In: None

Bubble:

Work To Do: 

SEC

Locks: 

Near Locks: None

Should Be In: 

Bubble: 

Work To Do: 

WCC

Locks: 

Near Locks: None

Should Be In: None

Bubble: None

Work To Do: 

BUBBLE WATCH

Clemson (11-5)

KenPom Rank: 30

RPI Rank: 46

Key Wins: @ Wake Forest, @ South Carolina, vs Georgia, vs UNC-Wilmington

Bad Losses: vs Oklahoma, @ Georgia Tech

Virginia Tech (13-3)

KenPom Rank: 40

RPI Rank: 41

Key Wins: @ Michigan, vs Duke, vs Syracuse

Bad Losses: None

Texas Tech (13-3)

KenPom Rank: 29

RPI Rank: 47

Key Wins: vs West Virginia, vs Kansas State

Bad Losses: vs Auburn

Marquette (11-5)

KenPom Rank: 35

RPI Rank: 67

Key Wins: vs Vanderbilt, @ Georgia, vs Georgetown, vs Seton Hall

Bad Losses: None

Seton Hall (12-4)

KenPom Rank: 48

RPI Rank: 36

Key Wins: vs Cal, vs USC, vs Marquette

Bad Losses: vs Stanford

Arkansas

KenPom Rank: 52

RPI Rank: 34

Key Wins: vs UT-Arlington, vs Houston, @ Tennessee

Bad Losses: vs Mississippi State

Georgia (11-5)

KenPom Rank: 49

RPI Rank: 31

Key Wins: None

Bad Losses: @ Oakland

California (12-5)

KenPom Rank: 45

RPI Rank: 59

Key Wins: @ USC

Bad Losses: vs San Diego State

USC (15-3)

KenPom Rank: 60

RPI Rank: 35

Key Wins: @ Texas A&M, vs SMU, vs BYU

Bad Losses: None

Maryland (15-2)

KenPom Rank: 53

RPI Rank: 27

Key Wins: @ Georgetown, vs Kansas State, vs Oklahoma State, vs Illinois, @ Michigan, vs Indiana

Bad Losses: vs Nebraska

Northwestern (14-4)

KenPom Rank: 37

RPI Rank: 42

Key Wins: vs Wake Forest, vs Dayton

Bad Losses: None

If the season ended today… 1-4 seeds

East

1 – Villanova

2 – West Virginia

3 – Duke

4 – Florida

5 – North Carolina

6 – Cincinnati

Midwest

1 – Kansas

2 – Florida State

3 – Creighton

4 – Butler

5 – Notre Dame

6 – Minnesota

South

1 – Kentucky

2 – Gonzaga

3 – Oregon

4 – Louisville

5 – Xavier

6 – Wisconsin

West

1 – Baylor

2 – UCLA

3 – Virginia

4 – Arizona

5 – Purdue

6 – Saint Mary’s