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Sunday, February 18, 2007
Tony Barnhart’s daily picks
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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WHO’S IN
• Louisville (18-8, RPI 53): Back to back road wins at Pittsburgh and Marquette proved that Rick Pitino’s Cardinals should be in the field.
• Drexel (19-7, RPI 51): Ignore the RPI. The Dragons won a Bracket Buster game at Creighton Saturday night. They are 12-4 on the road and have also won at Villanova, Syracuse, and Hofstra.
WHO’S OUT
• Illinois (18-9, RPI 39): The Illini are 3-8 against the Top 50 and the best team they have beat on the road is Northwestern (10-13).
• Florida State (17-10, RPI 38): The Seminoles have lost four straight and it figures to be five when they go to Maryland on Wednesday.
WHO’S WAITING IN THE WINGS
• Georgia (15-9, RPI 52): The Bulldogs have three wins against the top 50 but only one of those (Arkansas) has been on the road. They have two big road games with Mississippi and Kentucky coming up plus a home date with Tennessee. Win two of those three and Georgia should be in.
BREAKDOWN BY CONFERENCE
(There are 22 conferences that we project will receive only one bid. The rest of the 43 bids will be distributed accordingly.)
• ACC (8): Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Georgia Tech, Maryland, North Carolina (projected champion), Virginia, Virginia Tech.
• Big East (6): Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Pittsburgh (projected champion), Villanova, West Virginia.
• Big Ten (5): Indiana, Ohio State, Michigan State, Purdue, Wisconsin (projected champion).
• BIG 12 (5): Kansas, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A&M (projected champion), Texas Tech.
• COLONIAL (2): VCU, Drexel.
• Missouri Valley (3): Southern Illinois (projected champion), Creighton, Missouri State.
• Mountain West (3): Air Force, BYU (projected champion), UNLV.
• Pac-10 (6): Arizona, Oregon, Southern Cal, Stanford, UCLA (projected champion), Washington State.
• SEC (5): Alabama, Florida (projected champion), Kentucky, Tennessee, Vanderbilt.
• How do you see it?
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