Dudes Who Bet Sports Tournament Update As Of 2/21/22

We are heading down the backstretch and games are taking on added significance with concern for making the NCAA tournament. Let’s see how the DUDES rank the teams still in the running. We are going conference by conference starting with majors.

• LOCKS TO GET IN AS OF 2/13/22: There are 53 spots taken
• Houston
• Duke
• Wake Forest
• Notre Dame
• North Carolina
• Kansas
• Texas
• Texas Tech
• Baylor
• Providence
• Villanova
• Marquette
• UConn
• Purdue
• Michigan State
• Ohio State
• Wisconsin
• Illinois
• Arizona
• UCLA
• USC
• Auburn
• Kentucky
• Tennessee
• Arkansas
• LSU
• Alabama
• Gonzaga
• St.Mary’s
• Wyoming
• Colorado State
• Murray State
• ASUN Conference Champ
• American East Champ
• Big Sky Champ
• Big South Champ
• Big West Champ
• CAA Champ
• C-USA Champ
• Horizon Champ
• Ivy Champ
• MAAC Champ
• MEAC Champ
• MIssouri Valley Champ
• Mountain West Champ
• Northeast Champ
• OVC Champ
• Patriot Champ
• Southern Champ
• Southland Champ
• SWAC Champ
• Summit Champ
• WAC Champ
• ALMOST A LOCK: There are 8 teams that need a little more padding to the resume, but look safe as of now.
• Iowa State- 18-9 The Cyclones are only 5-9 in the Big 12 but have a great chance to win their next three which should put them in.
• Miami- 19-8 They lost at home to Virginia and that keeps their chances uncertain.
• Xavier- 17-9 A late season slump is hurting their chances as other Big East teams are gaining ground.
• Seton Hall- 16-9 The Hall is in the same boat as Xavier.
• Iowa- 18-8 The Hawkeyes have made it to the Top-25 this week. A couple more wins and they are in.
• Boise State 21-6: The Broncos need a couple of more wins in the underrated Mountain West.
• Davidson- 22-4 Two big wins and a couple of games against lesser A-10 schools this week.
• Murray State- 24-2 It will be hard to overlook the Racers if they keep winning.

BUBBLE TEAMS THAT NEED TO CLOSE STRONG:

• ATLANTIC-10
• Dayton 19-8: Best Wins: Kansas, Miami, Belmont, Va Tech Bad Losses: UMass Lowell, Lipscomb, Austin Peay
• VCU 18-7: Best Wins: Vanderbilt, Syracuse, Dayton Bad Losses: Wagner, Chattanooga
• AMERICAN
• SMU 19-6: Best Wins: Vanderbilt, Dayton, UNLV, Memphis, Houston Bad Losses: Missouri, LMU, Temple
• Memphis 15-9 Best Wins: St.Louis, Alabama, Va Tech, Houston Bad Losses: Georgia, Ole Miss, Tulane, East Carolina
• BIG-12
• TCU 16-8: Best Wins: Texas A&M, Iowa State, LSU Bad Losses: Oklahoma State, Kansas State
• ACC
• Virginia 17-10: Best Wins: Providence, Miami (2), Duke Bad Losses: Navy, James Madison, Clemson, NC State
• BIG TEN
• Indiana 16-9: Best Wins: Notre Dame, Ohio State, Purdue Bad Losses: Penn State, Northwestern
• Rutgers 16-10: Best Wins: Purdue, Michigan State, Ohio State, Wisconsin, Illinois Bad Losses: Lafayette, UMass, Penn St., Minn., Maryland
• MOUNTAIN WEST
• San Diego State 17-6: Best Wins: Arizona State, St.Mary’s, Colorado State Bad Losses: None
• PAC-12
• Oregon 17-10: Best Wins: SMU, UCLA, USC Bad Losses: Arizona State (2), California
• SEC-
• Florida 17-10: Best Wins: Ohio State, Auburn Bad Losses: Texas Southern, Maryland
• C-USA- Here is another league that is strong this year but more than likely will receive only one bid unless UAB doesn’t win the tournament.
• UAB 20-7: Best Wins: New Mexico, St.Louis, North Texas, Western Kentucky Bad Losses: Rice, Old Dominion
• North Texas 20-4: Best Wins: Drake, Wichita State, La Tech, UAB Bad Losses: Buffalo
• OVC
• Belmont 24-5: Best Wins: Iona, St.Louis Bad Losses: None
• MAC
• Ohio 22-5: Best Wins: Belmont, Cleveland State Bad Losses: None
• Toledo 21-6: Best Wins: Tulane, Bradley, Ohio (2) Bad Losses: Oakland, Ball State