2/6 NCAA Spec Sheet

NCAA Spec Sheet Update
Info and stats as of 2/6

As soon as you think that things make sense, things get topsy-turvy. UNC gets bounced in Raleigh. Oregon catches a beatdown in LA and UNLV gets its head kicked in Provo. And Duke goes sour at home no less against Florida State. Folks its gonna get a lot crazier before too long and we haven’t even gotten to the conference tournaments!

These conferences will get multiple bids teams listed are the ones with the best chances to earn those bids
I’ve also included players to watch whose play is crucial to a teams postseason chances

Atlantic Coast
Solid North Carolina, Duke, Clemson Va. Tech
Work to do- Florida State, Maryland, BC, Virginia
Florida State got back on steadier ground with a thrilling rally at Cameron Indoor, their first win in Durham in 16 tries. Clemson stays on the solid line for now…but they are one more bad loss away from falling. BC and Virginia on the other hand are getting harder to justify keeping them out of the Solid status add to boot they are 1 and 2 in the ACC respectively.
Player To Watch: Sean Singletary Jr/G, Virginia The “single” most reason that the Cavs took down the Dukies last week he’s averaging over 19 points a game.

Big East
Solid Pitt, Marquette
Work to do- West Virginia, G-Town, Notre Dame, Providence, Louisville
Just when you start to get sold on Notre Dame they take a bad loss to Big East bottom feeder South Florida. Nova is of the list despite beating Louisville and the Cards stay on...for now. West Virginia is getting closer to solid status.
Player to Watch: Roy Hibbert Jr./C, Georgetown Solid rebounder and with a soft touch around the basket. Hibbert is yet another in a long line of solid Hoya big men.

Big Ten
Solid-Wisconsin, Ohio State, Indiana
Work To Do- Michigan State, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan
Ok, I am a man of my word. The Hoosiers have solidified their tourney status with a gritty, gutty win over Wisconsin but then turned around, got beat in Iowa despite a late rally and make me want to revoke it. Michigan State is getting harder to ignore (as usual) and Purdue is off the list with losing three of their last five. Iowa is going to need to pile the wins up to get more than a cursory glance and if Adam Huruska keeps tossing in 33. They may get that look.
Player to Watch: Greg Oden Fr./C, Ohio State Just because I gave Alando Tucker props last time doesn’t mean that Oden isn’t a force. His impact cannot be ignored.

Big 12
Solid-Kansas, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M
Work To Do-Texas, Texas Tech, Kansas State
A&M is the best team no one’s talking about. All the focus is on Texas and Kansas, but the Aggies are the team no one wants to deal with. Kansas State continues to make people realize the Bob Huggins is a pretty good coach and the Wildcats are piling up the wins.
Player To Watch :Acie Earl IV- Sr/G, Texas A&M-Best player on a team you know little about. But that won’t last long His 22 points 15 assist game last night against Texas put folks on notice about this silky smooth guard.

Missouri Valley
Solid- Southern Illinois, Creighton
Work To Do- Bradley, Northern Iowa, Missouri State
The Salukis and Blue Jays are headed to a showdown in Carbondale on Saturday, a game that benefits Creighton more than Southern Illinois. The Shockers are off the list completely as they have dropped almost totally out of MVC title contention.
Player To Watch: Jamaal Tatum Sr/G, Southern Illinois. His solid play has kept the Salukis as the top dog in the Missouri Valley.

Mountain West
Solid-Air Force, Brigham Young
Work To Do-UNLV
The Cougars are for real, as their stunning rout of the Rebels makes the status switch very necessary. Air Force is safe, but BYU has become impossible to ignore now. UNLV needs to bounce back and keep winning to re-solidify their tourney status
Player to Watch: Mike Rose Sr/G, BYU- I know he only averages 5.3 ppg, but I got to give him dap for the 8 three-pointers he dropped in the Cougars rout of UNLV

Pacific 10
Solid-UCLA, Arizona, Oregon, Wash. St, SC
Work To Do-Stanford, Cal
Is anyone questioning my moving SC to solid status now after they beat Oregon? Arizona is getting real close to falling to Work status after their horrendous week, the losses were to respectable teams to be sure (UNC and Wash. St) but they got clocked at home twice before getting a badly needed win over Washington who is now off the list and Cal is in serious danger of dropping off too.
Player to watch: Derrick Low, Jr/G, Washington State-Solid shooter for a team that will be tough to beat in March

Southeastern
Solid-Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, UK
Work to do- Georgia, Vanderbilt
'Bama saved itself a lot of problems with a pair of badly needed wins and in the morass that the SEC West is wins are at a premium. UK looks like it’ll teeter but rights itself with solid wins. Arkansas and LSU are off the list with their abysmal play as of late. Tennessee had better get right or get left off this list
Player to Watch: Joakim Noah Jr/F-C, Florida The Gators aren’t worried about much these days but you can be sure opponents are worried about Noah

Western Athletic
Solid-Nevada
Work To Do- New Mexico St
The Wolfpack survived a massive home scare from Hawaii and Aggies aren’t going away. Can the WAC sent two teams, it’s becoming more possible.
Player to watch: Marcelus Kemp Jr/G, Nevada He keeps opponents from focusing too much on Nick Fazekas

1 Bid major conferences

Atlantic Ten
Solid- None yet
Work To Do- Rhode Island Geo. Wash, Xavier, Rhode Island, UMass
Rhode Island sits on top here, but the Colonials and Muskies are still in contention and the Minutemen lurk. This conference still looks like it will only get one bid

Conference USA
Solid-Memphis
Its Memphis and the 11 dwarves here.

Horizon
Solid-Butler
You can bank on the Bulldogs going and making some noise.

West Coast
Solid-GonzagaBulldogs (I’m not calling them the Zags!) still okay for now, their solid non-conference schedule makes them hard to ignore as long as they don’t screw up in conference.

Teams also in consideration:
Drexel, Old Dominion, Appalachian State, Virginia Commonwealth and Hofstra. Bracket Buster Weekend on 2/17 will clear up a lot of grey area.

And of course the teams that win their conference tourney from the following get an automatic bid: Amer. East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Horizon, Ivy, MAC, MAAC, MEAC, Mid-Continent, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Southern, Southland, Sun Belt, SWAC
Its still early spec, nothing here is solid and we haven't even brought up the possibility of upsets. But those never happen, right?