March Madness<\/strong><\/a> fans, but the Wildcats will have to settle for their automatic bid to the NIT for winning the Big Sky regular-season title.<\/p>\nTwo of the 14 teams on the above list are of particular interest to sharps. Murray State (30-4 SU, 14-13-2 ATS) is one of the best pure shooting teams in Division I, ranking No. 8 in effective field-goal percentage at 55.4. And the NIU Panthers (28-4 SU, 20-11 ATS) have been making money all season long with the No. 12-ranked defense in the country. This is also a mind-numbingly slow team on offense, generating a 21-7 record for the UNDER. Whoever faces these two clubs in the first round could be in for an unwelcome surprise.![\"Sports](\"http:\/\/www.bodogaffiliate.com\/resources\/banners\/sportsbook\/square\/250x250\/250x250g-sportsbook.gif\")
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Eight is Enough
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\nThe Selection Committee is poised to hand out eight bids to the Big East. You can scratch the South Florida Bulls (20-12 SU, 19-10-2 ATS) off your dance card after they lost 69-49 to the Georgetown Hoyas (-6.5) in Wednesday’s second round of the Big East tourney. But at least the Bulls got to 20 wins. The fate of the UConn Huskies (17-15 SU, 12-18 ATS) was sealed the day before with a totally uninspired 73-51 loss to the St. John’s Red Storm (-4.5).<\/p>\nThe other bubble team from the Big East was the Seton Hall Pirates (19-12 SU, 8-17 ATS), but their chances went belly up at the hands of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, who sank the Pirates 68-56 on Wednesday as 2-point dogs. Notre Dame (22-10 SU, 15-10-1 ATS) has won five games in a row (three by upset) and covered six straight to graduate from the NIT to the NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n
Mizzoops
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\nThe Missouri Tigers (22-10 SU, 14-12 ATS) weren’t considered a bubble team going into the Big 12 tourney, but tongues are wagging after the defending conference champions lost 75-60 to the Nebraska Cornhuskers (+10.5) in Wednesday’s first-round matchup. Mizzou had beaten the \u2018Huskers twice by wide margins during the regular season; now the injury-plagued Tigers have lost three of their last four, dropping the cash in each contest. They’ll very likely get into the Big Dance anyway with a No. 38 RPI. Get those fading hats on.<\/p>\nThe rest of the Big 12 looks just as disorganized after the first round. The only favorite to cash in on Wednesday was the Oklahoma State Cowboys (-7), who crushed the Oklahoma Sooners 81-67 to move on to Thursday’s quarterfinals. The Texas Tech Red Raiders advanced as 1-point puppies with an 82-67 victory over the Colorado Buffaloes, and the Iowa State Cyclones (+9) gave it all they had before finally bowing 82-75 to the Texas Longhorns. That’s four missed paydays in a row for Texas to fall to 3-16 ATS since the start of conference play. Who had the \u2018Horns making the Final Four this year? Hey, it could still happen.<\/p>\n
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