Bubble teams picked up some huge wins on Friday. Mississippi State downed Tennessee in the SEC Tournament to move out of the "Last 4 In" section of the bracket for now. I have taken the Bulldogs off the bubble.

Staying in the SEC Tournament, Texas A&M beat Kentucky 97-87 to move into the bracket. There is still work to do for the Aggies, who will play Florida in the semifinals on Saturday.

Colorado is still on the bubble, but not among the "Last 4 In" because the Buffaloes are now the placeholder as the automatic qualifier. They beat Washington State and Arizona lost to Oregon, leaving Colorado as the highest remaining seed in the Pac-12 Tournament. The Buffs face Oregon for the automatic bid tonight. The Ducks would definitely be a bid stealer; that bid may be Colorado's.

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Northwestern's loss to Wisconsin in the Big Ten quarterfinals dropped the Wildcats into the "Last 4 In" of the bracket. They are joined by St. John's,a loser to UConn in the Big East Tournament semifinals. 

New Mexico moved up and out after beating Colorado State in the Mountain West Tournament semifinals.

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The bracket was unusually difficult to put together today. The Big 12 and SEC each had four teams in the top 16, and the teams from each of those conferences had to be in separate regions. That was not as easy to accomplish as it sounds.

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Bubble teams in action Saturday


vs. Florida, 3:30 p.m. | ESPN, fuboTV (Try for free) -- The Aggies' run of form in March continues. They now get a shot at the Gators in the SEC semifinals, Florida took down Alabama on Friday.

vs. Oregon, 9 p.m. FOX, fuboTV (Try for free) -- Colorado is trying to play its way off the bubble in the best way possible: get the automatic bid. Oregon won't make the NCAA Tournament without one, so it's definitely a potential bid-stealer.

NCAA Tournament locks

Locks based on résumé: 31 | AQ bids secured: 14 | At-large spots remaining: 5

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ConferenceLocksTeams

ACC

3

Duke, North Carolina, Clemson

Big East

3

UConn, Marquette, Creighton

Big Ten

3

Purdue, Illinois, Wisconsin

Big 12

7

Houston, Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, BYU, Texas Tech, Texas

Pac-12

2

Arizona, Washington State

MWC

5

San Diego State, Utah State, Nevada, Colorado State, Boise State

SEC

6

Tennessee, Alabama, Auburn, Kentucky, South Carolina, Florida

WCC

2

Saint Mary's, Gonzaga

Near the cut line

Note – all references to NCAA Tournament selection records and trends based on NET rankings excludes the 2021 tournament. Due to shortened schedules and a relatively small number of non-conference games, those rankings are not reliable enough to be considered.