Outliers & bubbles on NCAA Dance Card
The last two years the committee has pulled a team from below the dance card's bubble cut into the field at a team predicted in the field's expense.
In 2016 - It was #55 Syracuse and #47 Vanderbilt
for #44 San Diego State and #34 St Marys
http://www.unf.edu/~jcoleman/dance2016.htm
In 2015 - It was #48 Dayton, #49 Boise State, and #58 UCLA
for #46 Colorado State, #47 Miami (Fla), and #38 Temple
http://www.unf.edu/~jcoleman/dance2015.htm
This year's Dance Card
http://www.unf.edu/~jcoleman/dance.htm
I think the dance card nails it this year, but curious if the dance card misses this year - who do they miss on? I don't see how they can pull Syracuse into the field. I don't see anyone else below that they would feel strongly enough about to bump someone out. The Big East schools seem to be the most at risk now that URI has the auto bid.
IN THE FIELD
32 Virginia Tech
33 Michigan St.
34 Seton Hall
35 @Middle Tennessee (auto)
36 Miami FL
37 Providence
38 South Carolina
39 Marquette
40 Xavier
41 Rhode Island (auto)
42 Oklahoma St.
43 Northwestern
44 @Wichita St. (auto)
45 USC
46 @Nevada (auto)
47 @UNC Wilmington (auto)
48 Wake Forest
49 Kansas St.
Bubble burst here ----->
50 Illinois St.
51 UT Arlington
52 @Vermont (auto)
53 Houston
54 Illinois
55 Syracuse
56 Monmouth
57 BYU
58 College of Charleston
59 Iowa
60 Georgia
61 Princeton
62 California
63 Indiana
64 Clemson |
