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Teams live week-to-week with Big Dance hopes

Posted By HOOPSWORLD On February 18, 2013 @ 5:57 am In Wirenews | Comments Disabled

by Patrick Stevens, Special for USA TODAY Sports

Welcome to another week of USA TODAY Sports’ annual Bubble Tracker breakdown.

Four weeks remain before Selection Sunday, a scramble to determine the 68-team NCAA tournament field. For now, plenty remains murky and subject to some wild fluctuations.

Two things bear repeated mention: No team exists in a vacuum, and the tournament selection committee is going to take 37 at-large teams no matter what. There is value in knowing the strengths and weaknesses of borderline tournament teams, and that’s what the daily Bubble Tracker is for.

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Atlantic Coast:

Secure: Miami (automatic qualifier), Duke

Safe For Now: North Carolina State

Solid For Now: North Carolina

Borderline: Virginia, Maryland

Long shot: Florida State

Team Resumes (W-L/RPI; Plus/Minus; AT-L Board; Next Two Games):

Virginia: Record: 18-7, RPI: 77
Plus: Beat N.C. State, Wisconsin; 6-1 vs. T100
Minus: 6 100+losses, No. 315 NC SOS
At-large ranking: 39
Next two games: at Miami (Feb. 19) | Georgia Tech (Feb. 24)

Maryland: Record: 18-7, RPI: 62
Plus: Beat Duke and N.C. State, No 100+ losses
Minus: No. 299 NC SOS, 2-5 on road/neutral
At-large ranking: 40
Next two games: at Boston College (Feb. 19) | Clemson (Feb. 23)

Florida State: Record: 14-11, RPI: 65
Plus: 2 wins vs. Maryland, Won at Charlotte
Minus: 7-7 at home, 9-4 vs. 100+
At-large ranking: 49
Next two games: at N.C. State (Feb. 19) | at Virginia Tech (Feb. 24)

Atlantic 10:

Secure: Butler

Safe For Now: Virginia Commonwealth (AQ)

Solid For Now: Saint Louis

Borderline: La Salle, Charlotte, Temple, Massachusetts

Long shot: None

Team Resumes (W-L/RPI; Plus/Minus; AT-L Board; Next Game):

La Salle: Record: 18-6, RPI: 34
Plus: Beat Butler and VCU, 7-4 on the road
Minus: HTH vs Mass./Charlotte, Lost to Central Connecticut
At-large ranking: 29
Next two games: at Temple (Feb. 21) | at Rhode Island (Feb. 24)

Temple: Record: 17-8, RPI: 49
Plus: Beat Syracuse and Saint Louis
Minus: Lost to Duquesne, 1-3 vs. T50
At-large ranking: 34
Next two games: La Salle (Feb. 21) | at Charlotte (Feb. 24)

Charlotte: Record: 18-7, RPI: 56
Plus: Won at Butler, 7-5 road/neutral record
Minus: Lost to George Washington, No. 238 non-conference SOS
At-large ranking: 35
Next two games: Temple (Feb. 24) | Dayton (Feb. 27) … [For more on Bubble Tracker: Teams living week-to-week with Big Dance hopes, click here.]

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