Results: Friday, November 21, 2014

Bubbles Popped: 1

Florida A&M, SWAC
The Rattlers dropped to 0-4 with 60-45 loss at Baylor.  The best possible remaining win on their schedule is a game at Texas Tech.  Beyond that you'd have to reach to find anything that would resemble a "quality win."  Best case scenario for Florida A&M is they win out to finish 25-4, then win two in the SWAC Tournament before losing in the final to finish 27-5.  It wouldn't be enough for an at-large.  Better plan on winning the conference tournament if your an FAMU fan, but I'm guessing that was the best hope when the season started too.

Last eight in:
San Diego State
Providence
Massachusetts
St. Mary's 
Baylor
Michigan
Hawaii
Xavier

First eight out:
Texas Tech
Richmond
Minnesota
N.C. State
Colorado
Brigham Young
Minnesota
Washington

Four results worth mentioning:

Miami 79, Akron 51
The Zips had looked good going into this game and as score shows, Miami made quick work of them.  Given the early results thus far in the ACC, there's no reason not to believe Miami can't vie for a Top 4 finish in the ACC.

Seton Hall 68, Nevada 60
The Hall has their first hamburger All-American in 14 years in Isiah Whitehead, and he hasn't even been their best player so far during their 4-0 start.  The Big East as a whole as been impressive so far.  It's early, but their laying the foundation to be a five or six bid league.

Iona 85, Wake Forest 81
Another loss to a mid-major for Danny Manning can't be the start he he was hoping for.  Iona is a solid program, and the Metro is consistently one of the more underrated conferences, but try telling that to Wake Forest fans.  Could be worse, they could be Clemson.

Florida 61, UL-Monroe 56 OT
The Gators continue to look shaky, needing over-time to take down ULM at home.  Most people outside of AP voters didn't consider the Gators a top ten team coming into the season, but if they don't figure things out, they may not even be a tournament team.  Reputation and SEC mediocrity should be enough to put them safely in the field, but it's been ugly so far.