Witchita St lost to Illinois State today in their conference semis. They play Northern Iowa in the finals. Northern Iowa needs to win or someone falls off the bubble. Also Murray State losing to Belmont at the half. Don't see Murray State getting an at large bid but they are ranked #25.
Murray State being ranked 25 is a joke. They literally haven't beaten anyone
I don't know about top 25 but I do believe this team deserves to be dancing even though they probably won't get selected.
The Ohio Valley is historically a solid mid major conference and it's teams have performed pretty well in the Ncaas. After 11/29(when most teams look nothing like they do now and everyone only cares about football) they were undefeated until today. They lost to a quality Belmont team by 1 point in an exciting, well played game.
They beat a very good Illinois St, team who is in the championship game after beating Wichita St. They also have wins against teams around the top 100 like W. Kentucky, Evansville and Belmont. Of their 4 losses in November, 1 was at Xavier and another was neutral with Valpo, neither should hurt them.
In my opinion, these are the teams that make the tourney more interesting than bubble teams from major conferences that have a tougher schedule but usually only build up their wins against the lesser teams in the conference.
