SEC showdown
One meaningful game today remains for bubble watchers around the nation — Mississippi State battles Tennessee for the SEC crown.
Should MSU win, that would be another “stolen” bid from the at-large pool, as the Bulldogs are not going to get in without the automatic. The Vols are currently 5½-point favorites.
There’s been a lot of talk about where Creighton falls into this cloudy picture of teams on and off the NCAA tourney bubble.
Bracketography has assigned the Jays a 47% chance of getting an at-large bid. Joe Lunardi at ESPN has Creighton as the second-to-last team in. NIT-ology also has Creighton in.
CNNSI.com’s Andy Glockner believes that a Mississippi St. win today would send Creighton to the NIT. This opinion seems spot-on to me.
In about 6 hours, the mystery will be uncovered.