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Breakdown of NCAA tournament bubble teams

Arkansas-SEMO Live Blog

BUBBLE BREAKDOWN

The tournaments heat up today in the major conferences, and NCAA tournament bubble teams will have their own business to which to tend, but those teams fighting for at-large berths likely will have an eye on what’s going on elsewhere.

While bubble team such as St. Mary’s (27-6 with one top-50 win and four top-100 wins) and Middle Tennessee State (28-5 with zero top-50 wins and one top-100 win) must sit and wait for Selection Sunday, these nine teams still can opportunities to improve their tournament profiles.

ALABAMA (19-11)

RPI: 63 SOS: 88

vs. Top 50: 1-4 vs. Top 100: 7-6