2017 March Madness Bracketology Bubble Teams – 3 Bubble Teams that’s Stock is Going Down

2017 March Madness Bracketology Bubble Teams – 3 Bubble Teams that’s Stock is Going Down: We head into the final week of regular season conference play this 2017 College Basketball season this week and now is a good time to take a look at teams we feel have seen their March Madness Bracketology “Stock” decline recently. The three teams listed below are teams that were well inside the projected field of 68 for the 2017 NCAA Tournament just a few weeks ago but now find themselves sliding down the ladder due to recent lackluster play and could potentially be left OUT of our final a href=”https://www.nsawins.com/betting/college-basketball/2017-bracketology-picks-predictions-march-madness-bracket-projections-and-expert-picksupdated-daily/”>2017 Bracketology Picks and Predictions post that we do to try and guess how the selection committee will ultimately pick the field. The following three teams find themselves needing a win or two to stop the bleeding and leave the committee with no alibi for leaving them out of the field.

2017 March Madness Bracketology Bubble Teams – 3 Bubble Teams that’s Stock is Going Down

Xavier Musketeers(18-11 overall, 8-8 Big East, RPI 27) – Xavier head coach Chris Mack should be concerned as his Musketeers have now lost four games in a row and three to Big East teams that are moving up on them in the NCAA Tournament at-large bid resume chase(Marquette, Seton Hall, Providence). Xavier still owns an excellent RPI of 27 and is well ahead of the other three Big East teams just names but the committee will look at how teams are playing recently and an 0-4 record against other NCAA Tournament quality teams is not a good look. Xavier’s at-large bid resume has them with just a 1-7 record against RPI Top 25 teams and 3-8 overall against RPI Top 50 teams. Xavier wraps up their Big East regular season this week with games against Marquette and DePaul and a loss in either of those two games could spell big time trouble especially if they lose to DePaul. Even if they split end up losing their opening Big East Tournament game they will have finished the season on a 1-6 run with the one win most likely being against DePaul. Thus, this week’s game against Marquette is very important and Xavier needs to win it to firmly cement themselves as a LOCK for the 2017 NCAA Tournament.

USC Trojans(21-8 overall, 8-8 PAC 12, RPI 36) – The USC Trojans were well on their way to getting back to the 2017 NCAA Tournament just a couple weeks ago but have since dropped four games in a row(Oregon, at UCLA, at Arizona, at Arizona State) and now find themselves heading towards the NCAA Tournament “Bubble”. The Trojans have a RPI of 36 as of today but are just 2-5 against RPI Top 50 teams and 5-7 overall against RPI Top 100 teams. The Trojans lack the amount of quality wins necessary to truly be a LOCK to make the field despite their overall record and RPI and will really need to cap off the PAC 12 regular season this week by going 2-0 at home against Washington State(RPI 163) and Washington(RPI 213). A slip up in either of those two games especially on their home floor will land USC in the stressful “Final Four IN/Final Four OUT” category heading into the PAC 12 Tournament next week. Make no mistake, USC needs at least two more wins either to cap off the regular season or at least one in the PAC 12 Tournament if they don’t to have a good chance at making the field.

TCU Horned Frogs(16-12 overall, 6-10 BIG 12, RPI 60) – First year TCU head coach Jamie Peterson has still done a remarkable job turning around TCU hoops this season but the wheels have started to get blown off the band wagon the last couple of weeks. TCU was sitting pretty to make the NCAA Tournament just a couple weeks ago with a 16-7 overall record and 6-5 in the BIG 12 but they have since lost their last five games(at Baylor, Oklahoma State, at Iowa State, at Kansas, West Virginia) and now sit at 16-12 and 6-10 in the BIG 12. TCU’s RPI is now at just 60 and they are 0-7 against RPI Top 25 teams and just 2-10 against RPI Top 50 teams. TCU must go 2-0 this week to close out their Big 12 regular season schedule with games at home against Kansas State and at Oklahoma and then probably go to the Big 12 Tournament and win at least two games to give themselves a chance at being an at-large bid. Frankly, we just don’t see how TCU can get themselves an at-large bid without getting to the Big 12 semifinals and knocking off a Top 10 RPI team like Kansas or Baylor in the process.

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