A-10 in ESPN Bubble Watch

[Masterofreality]

From ESPN.com Bubble watch:


"Andy Glockner
ESPN.com
In honor of Super Sunday, the official start of the two months a year when college basketball is the king of the sports world, here's the latest look at the bubble. With league play unfolding, we're finally starting to get some separation, especially in some of the major conferences.

Here are some quick thoughts to chew on:

• The Atlantic 10 is more likely to get five bids to the NCAAs than it is to get three, and that wouldn't be unfair. This is an extremely solid and extremely deep league."

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/bubblewatch

Xavier is listed as a "Lock".

[X-band '01]

Question is, if the A-10 does get 5 in, which set of teams would it be?

Xavier is a mortal lock at this point. Rhody and Dayton are 90-95% likely to get bids themselves (especially because the schedule for UD gets a little more favorable this week). Saint Joe's is probably going to get bid #4 as long as they stay within striking distance in the A-10 standings.

Temple just might get bid #5 if they beat enough of the big dogs in A-10 play. UMass is in a hole with an 0-3 record against X and SJU, although they're done with the meat of their schedule for the most part. Charlotte shot themselves in the foot with a home loss to Richmond.

[bluegrass]

I still think 5 would be a stretch.UMASS and UD are both starting to look suspect.URI and St.Joe's are looking good as well as X obviously.Still a lot of games to be played though.