Welcome to Championship Week! It is the teams’ last chance to enter the NCAA Tournament. Some teams really need that chance.
None of them are at the top of the key, where Gonzaga, Baylor, Michigan and Illinois live. Those four look pretty solid, despite the Wolverines losing at Michigan State on Sunday.
The fourth position is for the Illini to lose. This can happen at the Big Ten Tournament, where two other competitors will also play for the spot. Ohio State or Iowa, as champions of the Big Ten Tournament, would have a strong claim for the fourth seed No. 1.
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Alabama is also at stake, but it would not only need to win the SEC, but also make Michigan or someone further down the bracket win the Big Ten title.
You also cannot rule out a strong Big 12 team if it manages to dislodge Baylor and win the conference tournament.
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The bottom of the key got more interesting on Sunday as well.
Loyola Chicago defeated Drake for the Missouri Valley title, granting the Ramblers a spot on the field and leaving the Bulldogs sweating for a week.
The Mountain West tournament is also very lively, and the Atlantic 10 final on Sunday could mean a place in the tournament.
A team that is falling into the brink that we haven’t had to worry about lately is Maryland. Terrapins had a streak of five consecutive wins over teams close to the bottom of the league, with a record of 14 to 10 at the end of February. They looked comfortable on the pitch, especially with games in Northwestern and home to Penn State’s left. However, Maryland abandoned both, blowing up a lead on Sunday night for the Lions of Nittany. Now, they sit 14-12 with an opening of the conference tournament against the Spartans. A general record of 14-13 can be difficult for the NCAA Tournament selection committee to swallow, even in a pandemic season.
I rubbed the seeds a bit during the night, so some seeds may have changed for teams that didn’t play.