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Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Tony Barnhart’s daily picks
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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WHO’S IN
• Georgia (15-9, RPI 51): The Bulldogs may not be here long if they lose at Ole Miss tonight, but three wins over the Top 50 (Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Arkansas) put the Bulldogs in the field today.
WHO’S OUT
• West Virginia (19-7, RPI 53): The Mountaineers have two good wins over UCLA and Villanova at home but that’s it. Tuesday night’s loss to Providence (17-9, RPI 61) does not help their case.
WHO NEEDS A WIN
• Oklahoma State (18-7, RPI 35) has lost four of its last five and needed double overtime to beat Texas Tech at home for its only win in that stretch. A win over Texas A&M at home tonight would really help the Cowboys.
• Georgia Tech (17-9, RPI 47) has a brutal finish as its last three games are with Virginia, North Carolina, and Boston College. That means the Yellow Jackets cannot slip up tonight against Wake Forest (13-13, RPI 117).
MOVING UP
• Michigan State (20-5, RPI 25) was concerned about its NCAA resume before Tuesday night’s upset of No. 1 Wisconsin (64-55). The Spartans are all but in the field.
MOVING DOWN
• Texas Tech (17-11, RPI 46) was just awful in an 80-51 loss at Texas Tuesday night. The Red Raiders have two wins over Texas A&M and one over Kansas but cannot afford to collapse down the stretch.
CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
We project that 23 of the 31 conferences will receive one bid only to the NCAA Toournament. The remaining 42 bids will be distributed as follows:
• ACC (8): Boston College, North Carolina, Virginia Tech, Virginia, Clemson, Duke, Georgia Tech, Maryland.
• Big East (6): Pittsburgh, Georgetown, Louisville, Notre Dame, Marquette, Villanova.
• Big Ten (5): Wisconsin, Ohio State, Purdue, Indiana, Michigan State.
• Big 12 (5): Texas A&M, Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech.
• Missouri Valley (3): Southern Illinois, Creighton, Missouri State.
• Mountain West (3): Air Force, UNLV, BYU.
• Pac-10 (6): UCLA, Washington State, Southern Cal, Oregon, Arizona, Stanford.
• SEC (6): Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Alabama.
THE TOP 65
1: Ohio State (Big Ten champ)
2: Florida (SEC champ)
3: UCLA (Pac-10 champ)
4: Wisconsin (at-large)
5: North Carolina (ACC champ)
6: Kansas (at-large)
7: Pittsburgh (Big East champ)
8: Texas A&M (Big 12 champ)
9: Washington State (at-large)
10: Memphis (C-USA champ)
11: Southern Illinois (Missouri Valley champ)
12: Georgetown (at-large)
13: Butler (Horizon champ)
14: Virginia (at-large)
15: Air Force (at-large)
16: Marquette (at-large)
17: Kentucky (at-large)
18: Virginia Tech (at-large)
19: Duke (at-large)
20: Southern Cal (at-large)
21: Villanova (at-large)
22: Indiana (at-large)
23: Vanderbilt (at-large)
24: Boston College (at-large)
25: Nevada (WAC champ)
26: Louisville (at-large)
27: Stanford (at-large)
28: Tennessee (at-large)
29: UNLV (at-large)
30: Arizona (at-large)
31: Creighton (at-large)
32: Texas (at-large)
33: BYU (at-large)
34: Oklahoma State (at-large)
35: Oregon (at-large)
36: Maryland (at-large)
37: Georgia Tech (at-large)
38: Alabama (at-large)
39: Winthrop (at-large)
40: Xavier (Atlantic 10 champ)
41: Michigan State (at-large)
42: Santa Clara (West Coast champ)
43: Missouri State (at-large)
44: Texas Tech (at-large)
45: VCU (Colonial champ)
46: Purdue (at-large)
47: Notre Dame (at-large)
48: Clemson (at-large)
49: Davidson (Southern champ)
50: Georgia (at-large)
51: Holy Cross (Patriot champ)
52: Long Beach State (Big West champ)
53: Akron (MAC champ)
54: Vermont (America East champ)
55: Oral Roberts (Mid-Continent champ)
56: TAMU-CC (Southland champ)
57: South Alabama (Sun Belt champ)
58: Penn (Ivy League champ)
59: Marist (Metro Atlantic champ)
60: Austin Peay (Ohio Valley champ),…LOST TO TENN TECH
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)
• How do you see it?
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