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Danica Patrick’s Ads Rank Worst of all Super Bowl 46 Commercials

paulmbanks — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:29:07 +0000

This Super Bowl had advertisers playing to the middle and pandering to the mainstream even more than usual. There was lots of animals, talking babies (seriously E Trade? Don’t you think we’ve been sick of these for quite a while? This is all you got?) and of course scantily clad women acting risque. Yet it was a family-friendly car ad from Volkswagen that was named America’s favorite commercial in the ninth annual SpotBowl national poll.

SpotBowl is a creation of Pennsylvania-based marketing agency Pavone.

The Volkswagen spot starred an overweight pooch that sheds some weight so he can chase the new VW. I loved last year’s winner, the Darth Vader kid “using the force” with the auto-start.

This year’s Super Bowl lineup saw nearly half of its ads released beforehand by companies hoping to generate some pregame buzz. According to Pavone president and CEO Michael Pavone, the strategy took some of the anticipation out of the game for many ad fans.

“Overall, I think this year’s ads were better than in the past few years, but the element of surprise was definitely missing,” said Pavone. “It was kind of like finding out what you’re getting for Christmas before you open your presents.”

Other spots generating pregame buzz included Honda’s “Ferris Bueller” remake starring Matthew Broderick, which finished 13th in the poll. Acura’s ad starring Jerry Seinfeld finished seventh, while the E*TRADE baby, perhaps showing his age, finished toward the middle of the pack in 20th place.

Finishing in last place was Go Daddy’s “Heaven,” which featured race-car driver Danica Patrick and followed the company’s risqué Super Bowl advertising formula of years past. Go Daddy’s second ad, “Body Paint,” finished second to last.

For a complete list of the game’s winners and losers, visit SpotBowl.com

Paul M. Banks is CEO of The Sports Bank.net, an official Google News site generating millions of unique visitors. He’s also a regular contributor to Chicago Now, Walter Football.com, Yardbarker, and Fox Sports

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Tim Tebow to go into politics after football? (video)

paulmbanks — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:31:21 +0000

Tim Tebow for President in 2020? The video clip after the jump features Tim Tebow talking with David Feherty about future political aspirations during Golf Channel’s Feherty Live, a two-hour special that aired Saturday night on Golf Channel.

TEBOW ON POSSIBLE FUTURE IN POLITICS:

“It could be something in my future. If it’s something I care about…”

FEHERTY ON PUNCHING ROMNEY & GINGRICH

“We’ve got Romney and Gingrich out there at the moment, and I don’t know what anyone else thinks but they’ve got the faces you never get tired punching.”

The special stage performance was taped on Friday from the Super Bowl at the Indianapolis Repertory Theater, and will re-air as a special encore Monday night at 10 p.m. ET.

In addition to Tebow, appearing on stage with Feherty included professional golfer and Indiana native Fuzzy Zoeller, Super Bowl-winning quarterback and current NFL Network analyst Joe Theismann and former NFL coach and NFL Network analyst Steve Mariucci. MCA Recording artist and country singer-songwriter Josh Kelley and his band also performed.

Feherty, whose critically acclaimed Golf Channel series, Feherty, has been described as “a cross between Oprah Winfrey and Johnny Carson” by The New York Times, has been dubbed “one of the funniest men in the game” by Yahoo! sports

Granddaughters of NY Giants owner Kate and Rooney Mara becoming film stars

paulmbanks — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:30:15 +0000

Yesterday, as the entire world knows, the New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl. This gives the franchise 4 Super Bowl wins, to go along with their four NFL championships from the pre-Super Bowl era. All NFL fans know the name Wellington Mara, the Giants one time owner who is considered one of the league’s all time most important patriarchs.

However, the first Mara to own the team, and the builder of the family fortune was gambler/bookmaker Tim Mara, who bought the team for $500 in the early century. His son is Wellington who helped build up the brand to what it is today. The Maras still own half the team today. But now let’s take a look at Wellington’s granddaughters, and their “bodies of work.”

Kate Mara’s notable acting roles include appearances in the Academy Award-winning film Brokeback Mountain (2005), playing the daughter of Heath Ledger’s character, and on the Fox television series 24, as computer analyst Shari Rothenberg. She has since appeared in the feature films We Are Marshall (2006), Shooter (2007), Transsiberian (2008), Stone of Destiny (2008), and The Open Road (2009). Mara joined the cast of the HBO series Entourage for its sixth season, and appeared in Iron Man 2, Happythankyoumoreplease and 127 Hours. In 2011, she starred in the film Ironclad, and played Hayden McClaine on the FX series, American Horror Story.

As you can see, the Mara family has used it’s powerful connections and money to help these girls become big players on the entertainment industry stage. Rooney could end up being even more successful.

Rooney Mara made her acting debut in 2005 and has gone on to star in films including A Nightmare on Elm Street, the remake of the 1984 horror film, and The Social Network. Mara portrayed Lisbeth Salander, the title character in the 2011 version of the film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the first of three Sony Pictures films based on Stieg Larsson’s Millennium book series. She received critical acclaim and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama.

Gisele throws husband’s Patriots teammates under the bus

paulmbanks — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:28:45 +0000

Watching the New York Giants 21-17 upset of the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 46 was extremely tough for Pats fans everywhere. I imagine it was even more difficult for those Boston fans in Indianapolis. Now imagine how hard it must have been for Gisele Bundchen, the Brazilian beauty who’s married to Pats QB Tom Brady.

A few Giants fans started heckling the supermodel with a $150 million net worth/United Nations Environmental Ambassador about Brady’s performance as she walked quickly through the concourse. Yes, even when you sit in the luxury suites, you’re still not safe from meathead Giants fans/unwashed masses.

From the Postgame:

After initially smiling and even trying to ignore the fans, Bundchen let her guard down just long enough to deliver a foul-mouthed defense of her man — and a sideswipe of his receivers.

“You (have) to catch the ball when you’re supposed to catch the ball,” she is heard saying. “My husband cannot [expletive] throw the ball and catch the ball at the same time. I can’t believe they dropped the ball so many times.”

Pats receivers Wes Welker, Deion Branch and Aaron Hernandez all dropped passes. As a team, New England dropped at least four catchable balls.

Follow this link to see video of the incident

Now Brady was a little high on his delivery on some throws. And he made two really bone-headed throws that cost the team dearly: the grounding in the end zone safety to start the game, and the badly underthrown deep ball to Rob Gronkowski that resulted in an interception, the only turnover of the game. So Brady made his mistakes too.

However, Gisele has a point- Deion Branch had some really crucial drops and he also positioned himself poorly on other balls he should have caught. And the Wes Welker drop on 2nd down during the Patriots final drive in which they held the lead was a DRIVE KILLER and GAME CHANGER. Welker was second in the NFL in receiving yards, and the leader by a whopping margin of 22 in receptions. For someone of his esteem and accomplishment to drop a catchable ball like that…an incident like that looks like intentional point shaving. That grab could have been 6, and was guaranteed to be a huge gain keeping the drive alive at minimum.

After this specific drop, the Pats failed on 3rd down and had to punt the ball away. The Giants took the lead for good on the next drive.

Madonna’s Super Bowl Halftime Show Included Singer Flicking You Off (Video)

paulmbanks — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:04:12 +0000

Madonna put on an impressive set for the Super Bowl 46 halftime show. There was both a Roman and Egyptian theme (so it was like Caesar’s Palace and the Luxor) with her costume changes for the visual aesthetic. And she included her classic hits “Like a Prayer,” “Vogue” and “Music” among her auditory aesthetic. But it was a show that both the NFL and NBC are apologizing for today. Yes, just like in 2004.

Last night, the 53-year-old singer once known for very risque outfits did not have a wardrobe malfunction, nothing like the glimpse of Janet Jackson’s nipple eight years ago that caused an uproar. It wasn’t even Madonna’s fault at all. Instead, it was an extended middle finger from British singer M.I.A. during the performance of Madonna’s new single, “Give Me All Your Luvin.”

M.I.A. flicked off NBC’s 110 million viewers and appeared to sing, “I don’t give a (expletive)” at one point, though it’s hard to hear her or read her lips effectively..

Go here to read the apology statements from both the NFL and NBC

Now really what was the point of that? What’s the motivation? OMG! at Yahoo! might have some answers:

Did Madonna encourage this insurrection from her guest rapper, so that she’d have some provocation in her otherwise family-friendly set without having to take the rap herself? Or was M.I.A. using Madonna and the Super Bowl to get attention for her own new video and forthcoming album? Or maybe just driven to atone, in her own outrageous way, for having sold out in agreeing to be Madonna’s celebrity cheerleader?

There’s also a funny parody video of M.I.A. at that link you should watch.

2012 NBA Draft stock report (2/6/12)

davidkay — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:58:23 +0000

The NBA Draft Stock Report checks in on which college basketball players have made a name for themselves in the past week; either helping or hurting their future draft position.

Click here for The Sports Bank’s 2012 NBA Mock Draft.

BUYING:
Bradley Beal, SG, Florida, Fr.
To be honest, I expected better numbers from Beal than what we’ve seen this season. But when you remember that is part of a backcourt featuring ball-dominant, gunners like Erving Walker, Kenny Boynton, Mike Rosario; Beal is playing his role to perfection. He is athletic, can shoot the ball, rebounds well for his position, and has played a major part in the Gators’ current six-game win streak. Beal is a high character kid who is very coachable and is very deserving of being a mid lottery pick this summer… if he declares for the draft. I could actually see him returning to Gainesville for his sophomore season.

Fab Melo, C, Syracuse, Soph.
In a strange way, Melo being suspended for a few games could actually be beneficial for his draft stock. If anything, it proved just valuable Melo is to the Orange this season and how much of an impact he can make as a presence in the middle. The seven-footer is obviously still a work in progress on the offensive end but with size being in demand at the next level and with Melo’s steady development, I would not be shocked if he was a mid-first round pick this season. More than likely though, he returns to ‘Cuse for his junior season which could help boost his stock even more.

Reggie Johnson, C, Miami FL, Jr.
The big fella was beastly inside for the Hurricanes in their upset win at Duke on Sunday; scoring a career-high 27 points and grabbing 12 boards. Johnson certainly isn’t the most athletic or explosive big man, but he knows how to throw his 284 pounds around inside and simply over-powered Duke’s athletic bigs. Since he tested the NBA Draft waters last summer, it would lead me to think that Johnson would declare after this season. If so, he is a safe bet second round pick and could possibly slide into the late first round with a strong finish to this season.

SELLING:
Jeremy Lamb, SG, UConn, Soph.
I think Lamb is a great talent and will certainly be a lottery pick, but it baffles me when I see other mock drafts having him as a top five pick. He is in a funk during his last two games, just 7-28 from the floor, 4-18 from distance. At least during the win against Seton Hall he got to the charity stripe and grabbed 8 boards, but his “sleepy” demeanor on the court and the way he mentally checked out of the game in UConn’s loss to Georgetown certainly concerns me.

Shabazz Napier, PG, UConn, Soph.
Lamb’s shooting slump pails in comparison to what Napier is going through as he is just 1-22 from the field in his last three games. At the beginning of the season, I though Napier had lottery potential. Now I’d likely take fellow Husky point guard Ryan Boatright over Napier. Because he has been so inconsistent this season, he is a second round pick if he declares for the draft after this season.

David Kay is a senior feature NBA Draft, NBA, and college basketball writer for the Sports Bank. He also heads up the NBA and college basketball material at Walter Football.com and is a former contributor at The Washington Times Communities. David has appeared on numerous national radio programs spanning from Cleveland to New Orleans to Honolulu. He also had the most accurate 2011 NBA Mock Draft on the web.

You can follow him on Twitter at DavidKay_TSB.

World Champion Surfer Stephanie Gilmore (Pictures)

paulmbanks — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:03:35 +0000

If you saw the ESPN Magazine Body Issue, I’m sure you noticed the YOWZA picture of four time world surfing champion Stephanie Gilmore. In case you missed it, I included it here after the jump. You can thank me later. The 23 year old, 5’10″ 147 pound native New South Wales, Australia is um, kind of accomplished in her sport.

And um, kind of attractive.

Wow! huh? But we have more pics….

Gilmore is much more than a really attractive accomplished young athlete. Then again all human beings are much complex than just a simple sentence. Gilmore survived an attack by a homeless man wielding an iron bar.

From the Daily Telegraph:

The girl universally known as “Happy Gilmore” insists the incident won’t diminish her free spirit. Nor will she be mired by the negatives. “It’s not something that’s going to change me as a person,” she said. “I have drawn so many positives out of this incident, which was such a terrifying thing.

Paul M. Banks is CEO of The Sports Bank.net, an official Google News site that generates millions of unique visitors. He’s also a regular contributor to Chicago Now, Walter Football.com, Yardbarker, and Fox Sports

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Why Kirk Herbstreit was ‘bang on’ regarding National Signing Day

EdCmar — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:59:14 +0000

On February 1^st, the day before Groundhog Day, a different annual right of passage, one with about as much accuracy and validity as Groundhog Day occurred, National Signing Day.

When asked to comment on the hoopla and hype concerning this ostentatious narcissistic-fest, ESPN College Football analyst Kirk Herbstreit expressed his discontent over the craziness surrounding this day, the “all about me” attitudes and the “overblown theatrics” that these High School students exhibit over their self-imposed drama over which universities ball cap they will chose, symbolic of the team they have chosen to attend.

Herbstreit demonstrated the flaws of the team rankings as compiled by Scout.com, Rivals.com and his networks own ESPNU, citing how teams like Wisconsin, Boise State and Arkansas traditionally rank near the bottom of their own conference’s recruiting rankings yet either win their respective conference titles or are perennially selected for primetime BCS bowls.

So did Herbstreit come off as a newly-aging codger, a shill to the conventional traditional powers that alleged pundits pay homage to, even when not warranted, or is he ‘bang on’ and has exposed the fraud that is this seemingly worthless display? I offer you some examples to support Herbstreit’s claim.

Aaron Rodgers – Despite record-setting statistics at Pleasant Valley High School in Chico,California, Rodgers garnered little attention from any Division I football programs. In fact, he desperately wanted to attend Florida State University but was rejected. His best “offer” was the opportunity to ‘walk on’ at the University of Illinois; however, Rodgers declined and chose to attend Butte Community College in Oroville, CA, a local junior college about 15 miles south of Chico. After that record-setting JUCO season and due to his high SAT scores, Rodgers was able to immediately transfer to the University of California–Berkleythen being drafted by the Green Bay Packers – and the rest was history. So, Rodgers did not experience the “rapture” of National Signing Day.

Jerry Rice – Although Rice became an all-state split end and defensive back he was not considered talented enough to warrant scholarship offers from Division I programs and opted instead to attend Mississippi Valley State University, a Division I-AA program. While at MVSU, Rice blossomed into a star, setting NCAA marks for receptions (102) and receiving yards (1,450) and was named a Division I-AA All-American – as a junior. Rice exceeded these records during his senior year with 112 receptions and 1,845 receiving yards. And although Rice’s NFL combine time in the 40-yard dash allowed him to plummet to the 16^th overall pick in the 1985 NFL Draft, he landed with the San Francisco 49ers, its Hall of Fame Quarterback Joe Montana and its legendary Hall of Fame coach in Bill Walsh – again, the rest was history. Were Rice to be rated utilizing the ‘star system’ – a scale of 1 to 5 stars with 5 stars being the best – some would argue if he could have garnered a single star.

Nick Mangold – Mangold attended Archbishop Alter High School in Kettering, Ohio and, although he garnered All-Ohio honors as a senior, during Ohio State’s vaunted 2002 recruiting class, Mangold did not even receive a 1-star ranking. Mangold was a 3-year starter at Ohio State, taking over for injured Alex Stepanovich during his sophomore year and earned All-Big Ten honors for his Junior and Senior years. Although his Ohio State career was successful, it took what was described as a “tremendous performance” during the 2006 Senior Bowl game to propel Mangold as the top center prospect in the subsequent 2006 NFL Draft, when the New York Jets selected Mangold with its 29^th overall selection. Since then, Mangold has been selected for the NFL Pro Bowl on 4 occasions and was named All-Pro on 3 occasions. It’s hard to believe that any NCAA Division I program would take such a risk on someone who couldn’t earn a single star rating.

Please note the sarcasm in assessing these three stellar NFL stars. It’s designed to prove a point as to why the National Signing Day is an over-hyped display, one with little credibility.

So let’s look at the often hyper-analyzed team rankings.

For a prime example of how flawed this team-ranking system is, I offer the results of the 2^{nd and} 3^rd-ranked teams in Scout.com’s 2008 team recruiting rankings:

Notre Dame (2^nd) – Notre Dame garnered a recruiting class of 23 High School senior phenomenon’s, headlined by three 5-star recruits: WR Michael Floyd, DE Ethan Johnson and QB Dayne Crist. Of the three, only Floyd appears to be headed for serious NFL interest, although Johnson’s stock has dropped due to an injury-plagued senior year. Crist experienced a checkered career at Notre Dame and ultimately chose to transfer to rejoin former Notre Dame head coach Charlie Weiss at the University of Kansas.

For what would have been most of Notre Dame’s 2008’s recruiting class’ senior season, Notre Dame finished with a disappointing 2011 record of 8-5 even with a perceived “savior” coach in Brian Kelly.

Miami (FL) (3^rd) – “The U” gathered a robust 33 recruits consisting of four 5-star recruits in CB Brandon Harris, LB Arthur Brown, DT Marcus Forston and WR Aldarius Johnson. Of the four, Harris had the most solid University of Miami career being a semi-finalist for the Jim Thorpe Award during his junior year and being selected in the 2^nd round of the 2011 NFL Draft by the Houston Texans. Brown left the Hurricane program in 2009 and transferred to Kansas State where he is playing for the Wildcats with much success. Forston suffered an ankle injury in 2009 after an outstanding freshman year and has returned to the Hurricanes starting lineup. Finally, Johnson was suspended for his senior season at Miami for a salacious tweet regarding the best strip clubs in Miami, this after being linked to convicted Ponzi-schemer and former Miami super-booster Nevin Shapiro.

Miami finished with a record of 6-6 under first-year head coach Al Golden but was ineligible for a post-season bowl game due to the results of a NCAA probe of claims made by Shapiro.

So, if the recruiting rankings were considered foolproof, their respective seasons should have catapulted them to the BCS Championship game much less a BCS Bowl game.

So how could such anomalies occur, given such seemingly foolproof analysis? Because the jump from High School to a major Division I university is so great. Examples such as Rodgers, Rice and Mangold occurred because they didn’t possess the necessary variables considered for success at the Division I college level – height, weight, 40-yard dash times, other. In short, all three of these NFL greats were classic “late bloomers”, players who physically developed during their college years.

And it’s this seismic jump that often plagues previously perceived high school phenoms – for example, there’s a great difference between eluding a lumbering 205-lb. defensive end in high school in front of 8,000-10,000 fans versus running for dear life against a 280 lb. defensive end with speed greater than yourself in front of possibly 100,000 manic fans.

So, Kirk Herbstreit was as ‘tuned in’ to the hypocrisy that is National Signing Day as Lady Gaga is tuned in to what resonates with today’s popular culture.

Best & Worst Super Bowl 46 Ads: Worth $3.5 Million?

paulmbanks — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:00:29 +0000

So you got a 30 second spot for $3.5 million, in front of potentially 111 million viewers, what do you do with it? This year’s Super Bowl ads didn’t do much. The commercials were overly focused on animals and babies. And way too many Coca-Cola polar bears. Which means that might have actually worked since I’m talking about it now.

Still cliche trumped creativity this year, as pretty much all the spots pandered to the basic instincts of the mainstream. Clever apparently stayed home from the Super Bowl 46 commercial parade.

Although the Chevy Detroit post apocalypse was interesting, and Flavor-Flav’s last second appearance kind of redeemed an otherwise LAME Pepsi ad.

GoDaddy led the way in the t&a ads of course, as they showed NASCAR driver Danica Patrick and fitness guru Jillian Michaels body painting a nude woman. Both online florist Teleflora and automaker Kia both used Victoria Secret’s model Adriana Lima in their Super Bowl spots. But perhaps the most memorable single ad in the sex sells category belonged to Fiat, with their making out with an Italian supermodel spot.

Here’s a link at Fox Sports that plays all the relevant Super Bowl ads, so you can watch for yourself and go from there.

And at Super Bowl Commercials.org, you can go even more in depth. They have a reader top ten and worst five posted.

Bracketology: Projecting the 2012 NCAA Tournament Field

davidkay — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:57:22 +0000

It is kind of hard to believe that Selection Sunday for the NCAA Tournament is only five weeks away. It is becoming time when college basketball teams are separating themselves as either tourney contenders or pretenders. Here is The Sports Bank‘s latest Bracketology? I have more than held my own the past couple of years against ESPN’s Joe Lunardi and with my extreme college hoops nerdom, plan to do so again this year. Check back every week for an update.

UPDATED: 2/6/12

SOUTH REGIONAL-Atlanta

AT LOUISVILLE
1. Kentucky 23-1 (SEC)
16. UNC-Asheville 18-7 (Big South)/Mississippi Valley State 11-11 (SWAC)

8. Notre Dame 15-8 (BE)
9. Illinois 16-7 (B10)

AT PORTLAND
5. San Diego State 20-3 (MWC)
12. VCU 20-5 (CAA)/N.C. State 17-7 (ACC)

4. St. Mary’s 22-2 (WCC)
13. Nevada 19-4 (WAC)

AT OMAHA
6. Mississippi State 18-5 (SEC)
11. California 18-6 (P12)

3. Kansas 18-5 (B12)
14. Oral Roberts 21-5 (Summit)

AT COLUMBUS
7. Virginia 18-4 (ACC)
10. Kansas State 16-6 (B12)

2. Michigan State 18-5 (B10)
15. Akron 16-7 (MAC)

MIDWEST REGIONAL- St.Louis

AT LOUISVILLE
1. Ohio State 20-3 (B10)
16. Norfolk State 16-8 (MEAC)

8. Wichita State 20-4 (MVC)
9. New Mexico 19-4 (MWC)

AT COLUMBUS
5. Louisville 18-5 (BE)
12. Miami FL 14-7 (ACC)

4. Murray State 23-0 (OVC)
13. Middle Tennessee 21-4 (Sun Belt)

AT PITTSBURGH
6. Indiana 18-6 (B10)
11. BYU 20-6 (WCC)

3. Marquette 19-5 (BE)
14. George Mason 19-6 (CAA)

AT OMAHA
7. Vanderbilt 16-7 (SEC)
10. Memphis 16-7 (CUSA)

2. Missouri 21-2 (B12)
15. Belmont 17-7 (A-Sun)

EAST REGIONAL-Boston

AT PITTSBURGH
1. Syracuse 23-1 (BE)
16. Long Island 17-7 (NEC)/Stony Brook 15-7 (AEC)

8. Temple 17-5 (A10)
9. Harvard 20-2 (Ivy)

AT ALBUQUERQUE
5. Creighton 21-3 (MVC)
12. Minnesota 17-7 (B10)

4. Florida State 16-6 (ACC)
13. Long Beach State 17-6 (Big West)

AT NASHVILLE
6. Southern Miss 20-3 (CUSA)
11. Cincinnati 16-7 (BE)

3. Florida 19-4 (SEC)
14. Cleveland State 20-4 (Horizon)

AT GREENSBORO
7. UConn 15-7 (BE)
10. Iowa State 17-6 (B12)

2. Duke 19-4 (ACC)
15. Bucknell 18-6 (Patroit)

WEST REGIONAL-Phoenix

AT GREENSBORO
1. North Carolina 20-3 (ACC)
16. UT-Arlington 17-5 (Southland)

8. West Virginia 16-8 (BE)
9. Alabama 15-7 (SEC)

AT PORTLAND
5. Wisconsin 18-6 (B10)
12. Seton Hall 15-8 (BE)/Xavier 15-8 (A10)

4. UNLV 21-4 (MWC)
13. Iona 19-5 (MAAC)

AT NASHVILLE
6. Michigan 17-7 (B10)
11. Washington 16-7 (P12)

3. Georgetown 18-4 (BE)
14. Davidson 17-5 (Southern)

AT ALBUQUERQUE
7. Gonzaga 18-4 (WCC)
10. St. Louis 18-5 (A10)

2. Baylor 21-1 (B12)
15. Weber State 18-4 (Big Sky)

Wrong Side of the Bubble:
Purdue 15-8 (B10)
Oregon 16-7 (P12)
Colorado 16-7 (P12)
Central Florida 17-6 (CUSA)
Arkansas 16-7 (SEC)
UMass 17-6 (A10)
Arizona 16-8 (P12)
Ohio 19-4 (MAC)

Multiple Bid Conferences:
Big East (9)
Big Ten (7)
ACC (6)
Big 12 (5)
SEC (5)
A10 (3)
MWC (3)
WCC (3)
CAA (2)
CUSA (2)
MVC (2)
Pac-12 (2)

Click here for a list of RPI and SOS

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WCC (3)
CAA (2)
CUSA (2)
MVC (2)
Pac-12 (2)