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Bubble Watch: Indiana and Xavier now feel the heat, whereby Texas and North Carolina close strongly

By Noah Trister AP athlete

A look at the NCAA tournament bubble picture:

Missed possibilities

Xavier and Indiana had the chances of giving their résumés an important thrust on Thursday, but the musketers lost 89-87 against Marquette No. 25, and Indiana fell 72-59 to No. 23 Oregon. These are by no means bad losses, but they were wasted because Xavier and Indiana are in the bladder.

And Texas and North Carolina, two Bubble teams, whose prospects seemed pretty precarious a few days ago, are still alive in their conference tournaments. The Longhorns achieved a big win against number 14 in Texas A&M, 94-89 in double extension. The Tar Heels defeated Wake Forest 68-59 and avoided a defeat in the regular season. North Carolina has won eight out of nine since a blowout loss in Clemson, with the only defeat against Duke at home last weekend.

Indiana also concluded the regular season and won five of his last seven, but the Hoosiers avoided the type of the course of the Big Ten tournament, which could have strengthened their position.

Offer thieves thieves

BID Thief (noun): A team that has little chance of receiving a wide range for the NCAA tournament, but makes it unexpected by winning his conference tournament and thus reduces the number of places that are left for teams in the bubble.

These bubble teams can breathe a little easier after Thursday. It is now clear that none of the five best conferences – the SEC, ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 or Big East – will have a biddie. If you don't count Texas and North Carolina, who are now a threat to other bubble teams, whether they will win their conference tournaments or not.

The eight top seeds of the Big Ten tournament have all done the quarter -finals, and the four best seeds are in the BIG 12 semi -final.

However, a few angry teams made it decent. Depaul had to double overtime before he was eliminated in the Big East by Creighton, and Louisville needed a Summer racket to strike Stanford in the ACC.

Biddieben are still possible in AAC, Atlantic 10 and maybe even in the large west. And who knows how to make sense of the mountain vests? New Mexico, Boise State, Colorado State and Utah State are in the semi -finals of this tournament. All four of these teams have different opportunities to different degrees.

The experts say …

ESPN's last four in: San Diego State, Xavier, North Carolina, Texas.

The last four of Sports Illustrated in: San Diego State, Texas, Indiana, Xavier.

ESPN's first four out: Indiana, state of Ohio, Boise State, Colorado State.

The first four outs of Sports Illustrated: North Carolina, Colorado State, Boise State, UC Irvine.

Next on

After that, Duke vs. North Carolina is the focus on Friday. The high -ranking Blue Devils are limping for injuries to play Cooper Flag and Defensive Whiz Maliq Brown, and the Tar Heels may still need a win to get the right side of the bladder.

Automatic commandments so far

Siu Edwardsville (Ohio Valley), Omaha (Summit), LipsComb (Atlantic Sun), High Point (Big South), Drake (Missouri Valley), Wofford (south (Patriot), Montana (Big Sky).

Automatic bids on Friday: none.

The Associated Press contributed to this article