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Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Tech, UGA waiting in the wings
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Waiting in the wings
• Georgia Tech (16-8, RPI 57): The Yellow Jackets are playing better but they MUST win at least one of the next two on the road at Florida State (17-7, RPI 29) and Duke (18-7, RPI 17).
• Louisville (17-8, RPI 54): The Cardinals, who were impressive in beating Pittsburgh Monday night, could jump into the field with a win at Marquette (20-5, RPI 22) on Saturday.
• Purdue (16-9, RPI 41): Wednesday night’s game at Indiana (17-6, RPI 15) is huge for the Boilermakers.
• Wright State (19-8, RPI 87): The Raiders are on top in the Horizon standings after beating Butler (22-3, RPI 31). If Wright State wins the conference tournament, Butler should still get in.
• Georgia (13-9, RPI 43): This is not a good time to be playing Kennesaw State.
In trouble
• West Virginia (18-6, RPI 40) needed a good road win after upsetting UCLA at home on Saturday. The Mountaineers didn’t get it, losing at Georgetown (71-53) Monday night.
• Gonzaga (18-9, RPI 64) drops and could fall further after suspending forward Josh Heytvelt. The Zags lost to Santa Clara (84-73) to snap their 50-game winning streak at home.
• Notre Dame (18-6, RPI 52): The Irish have won only one road game in the Big East this season. They cannot afford another bad loss.
• Texas Tech (15-10, RPI 47): The Red Raiders have lost five straight. With road games at Texas A&M and Texas coming up in the next seven days, they are about done.
• Michigan State (17-8, RPI 42): The Spartans have lost four straight and must absolutely beat Michigan (17-8, RPI 59) tonight at East Lansing.
BARNHART’S TOP 65 FOR TUESDAY, FEB. 13
1: Florida (SEC champ)
2: North Carolina (ACC champ)
3: Wisconsin (Big Ten champ)
4: Texas A&M (Big 12 champ)
5: UCLA (Pac-10 champ)
6: Ohio State (at-large)
7: Kansas (at-large)
8: Pittsburgh (Big East champ)
9: Washington State (at-large)
10: Memphis (C-USA champ)
11: Marquette (at-large)
12: Kentucky (at-large)
13: Southern Illinois (Missouri Valley Champ)
14: Boston College (at-large)
15: Virginia (at-large)
16: Oregon (at-large)
17: Butler (Horizon champ)
18: Indiana (at-large)
19: Air Force (Mountain West champ)
20: Oklahoma State (at-large)
21: Villanova (at-large)
22: Virginia Tech (at-large)
23: Southern Cal (at-large)
24: Stanford (at-large)
25: Nevada (WAC champ)
26: Arizona (at-large)
27: Duke (at-large)
28: Florida State (at-large)
29: BYU (at-large)
30: Georgetown (at-large)
31: UNLV (at-large)
32: Tennessee (at-large)
33: Creighton (at-large)
34: Texas (at-large)
35: Vanderbilt (at-large)
36: Gonzaga (West Coast champ)
37: Missouri State (at-large)
38: Maryland (at-large)
39: Notre Dame (at-large)
40: Kansas State (at-large)
41: Clemson (at-large)
42: Alabama (at-large)
43: Arkansas (at-large)
44: Michigan State (at-large)
45: VCU (Colonial champ)
46: Illinois (at-large)
47: Xavier (A-10 champ)
48: West Virginia (at-large)
49: Holy Cross (Patriot champ)
50: Davidson (Southern champ)
51: Winthrop (Big South champ)
52: Long Beach State (Big West champ)
53: TAMU-CC (Southland champ)
54: Akron (MAC champ)
55: Vermont (America East champ)
56: Oral Roberts ((Mid-Continent champ)
57: South Alabama (Sun Belt champ)
58: Penn (Ivy League champ)
59: Marist (Metro Atlantic champ)
60: Austin Peay (Ohio Valley champ)
61: Delaware State (MEAC champ)
62: East Tenn. St. (Atlantic Sun champ)
63: Weber State (Big Sky champ)
64: Jackson State (SWAC champ)
65: Central Conn. (Northeast champ)
Conference Breakdown
ACC:8
Big East: 6
Big Ten: 5
Big 12: 5
Missouri Valley: 3
Mountain West: 3
Pac-10: 6
SEC: 6
NOTE: There are 23 conferences that will receive only one bid to the NCAA Tournament.
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