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3 hours ago  Sleeper: SMU. Likely NCAA Tournament Teams: Houston. Bubble Teams: Wichita St, SMU, Memphis. Tournament Format: All 11 teams qualify with the top 4 getting byes to the quarterfinals. Recent History: This is the seventh year for the American Athletic Conference Tournament after the breakup of the Big East in 2013. Last year’s tournament was. 1 day ago  Picking a sleeper in your March Madness bracket is critical to success. There are always several teams like this that advance far into the NCAA tournament. We've got bracket tips from NCAA's. One could argue that the conference tournament champion auto-bid into the NCAA tournament has hurt the mid majors success in the NCAA tournament. Nothing like a deserving (27-5) regular season conference champion losing to a (15-17) team that got hot for a few games. Re: College Basketball Mid Major Sleepers?

1 day ago  Plenty of favorites will win, but we’ve got some sleepers to consider that might be able to pull off a big upset on the way to the NCAA Tournament. Here’s the bracket for the SWAC Conference Tournament with TV listings, dates and times.

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Buckeye Backer
Ohio State Fan
Columbus, Ohio
Member since Aug 2009
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College Basketball Mid Major Sleepers?Posted by Buckeye Backer on 2/15/21 at 7:29 am
Seems to be some pretty good records out there for the mid major conferences. I am aware that most have played conference only type of schedules, but nevertheless, there seems to be some solid teams. Who can make some noise in the NCAA tournament, should they win their conference and make it?
Belmont (22-1)
Winthrop (18-1)
Drake (20-2)
Abilene Christian (18-3)
UC Santa Barbara (14-3)
Loyola Chicago (18-4)
Wright State (17-4)
UAB (16-4)
Boise St (16-4)
W Kentucky (15-4)
VCU (15-4)
Grand Canyon (12-3)
Colgate (9-1)
Can any of these teams make some legit noise? Any Elite 8 or Final 4 sleepers in there? I don't know much about any of these teams? All i know, is that outside of Gonzaga and Baylor, seems like anybody can make it this year?

I Bleed Garnet
South Carolina Fan
USA
Member since Jul 2011
48313 posts

re: College Basketball Mid Major Sleepers?Posted by I Bleed Garnet on 2/15/21 at 7:34 am to Buckeye Backer


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zzgobucky
Wisconsin Fan
Madison
Member since Sep 2016
1099 posts

re: College Basketball Mid Major Sleepers?Posted by zzgobucky on 2/15/21 at 7:47 am to Buckeye Backer
quote:
Belmont (22-1)
Winthrop (18-1)
Drake (20-2)
Abilene Christian (18-3)
UC Santa Barbara (14-3)
Loyola Chicago (18-4)
Wright State (17-4)
UAB (16-4)
Boise St (16-4)
W Kentucky (15-4)
VCU (15-4)
Grand Canyon (12-3)
Colgate (9-1)

These for sure have a great chance to upset a 5/6 seed. I’d say actually Saint Louis has a better chance than any of these teams though.

re: College Basketball Mid Major Sleepers?Posted by GeauxRN on 2/15/21 at 7:53 am to Buckeye Backer


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hoopsgalore
Wisconsin Fan
Chicago, IL
Member since Nov 2013
7565 posts

re: College Basketball Mid Major Sleepers?Posted by hoopsgalore on 2/15/21 at 8:26 am to Buckeye Backer
Loyola, for sure. Very good defensive team (No. 1 KenPom) that controls the pace + still has a couple contributors, including Cam Krutwig, from their Final Four team a few years ago.


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Magnus
Oregon State Fan
San Diego
Member since Sep 2019
277 posts

re: College Basketball Mid Major Sleepers?Posted by Magnus on 2/15/21 at 9:07 am to Buckeye Backer


msutiger
Louisiana Tech Fan
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Member since Jul 2008
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re: College Basketball Mid Major Sleepers?Posted by msutiger on 2/15/21 at 9:15 am to Buckeye Backer
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UAB (16-4)

Lmao. They are trash. They haven’t beaten anyone with a pulse and just got exposed in Ruston.
They avoided playing both Marshall and Western Kentucky and then their two games against North Texas were cancelled due to Covid.

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devils1854
Winthrop Fan
Franklin
Member since Aug 2014
5567 posts

re: College Basketball Mid Major Sleepers?Posted by devils1854 on 2/15/21 at 9:24 am to Buckeye Backer
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re: College Basketball Mid Major Sleepers?Posted by WarEagle21 on 2/15/21 at 9:27 am to devils1854


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nerdmachine
Missouri Fan
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2019
173 posts

re: College Basketball Mid Major Sleepers?Posted by nerdmachine on 2/15/21 at 9:33 am to Buckeye Backer
I would echo the other poster that said Loyola. Cameron Krutwig was on the final four team from a couple years ago and is a walking double/double. You almost have to send a double team at him in the post or he’s going to score every time and if he doesn’t he finds the open man. Moser is a very good coach also. I also think Belmont just because of their history but haven’t seen them play yet

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Choot em Tiger
LSU Fan
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2012
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re: College Basketball Mid Major Sleepers?Posted by Choot em Tiger on 2/15/21 at 9:35 am to zzgobucky


OhioLSUfan
LSU Fan
Columbus, OH
Member since Oct 2007
833 posts

re: College Basketball Mid Major Sleepers?Posted by OhioLSUfan on 2/15/21 at 9:41 am to Buckeye Backer


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nvasil1
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Loyola Chicago Fan
Member since Oct 2009
11282 posts

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re: College Basketball Mid Major Sleepers?Posted by nvasil1 on 2/15/21 at 9:44 am to Magnus
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Drake gonna bust up some brackets this year

If they even get into the tournament. They'll likely need to win Arch Madness or risk being left out like Illinois State a few years ago.
Loyola beat them by 27 on Saturday. On Sunday, they needed 19 turnovers from Loyola to scrape out a one point win in OT. They were destroyed on the glass all weekend, and their star forward Hemphill is done for the year.

GEAUX5
USA Fan
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2014
3367 posts

re: College Basketball Mid Major Sleepers?Posted by GEAUX5 on 2/15/21 at 9:50 am to Buckeye Backer


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mizslu314
Missouri Fan
Dirty STL
Member since Sep 2013
12315 posts

re: College Basketball Mid Major Sleepers?Posted by mizslu314 on 2/15/21 at 9:56 am to Buckeye Backer
Until SLUs month long freeze last month, a computer did 100 simulations of jerry palms bracket, and SLU had won it the 6 most times of any team. The freeze caused SLU to miss their first 2 games back, but if they get back to where they were before, I’d have to say they are the favorites.


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Magnus
Oregon State Fan
San Diego
Member since Sep 2019
277 posts

re: College Basketball Mid Major Sleepers?Posted by Magnus on 2/15/21 at 9:57 am to nvasil1

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they may get two in this year, lunardi has them on the bubble and loyal chi on the 8/9 line

Buckeye Backer
Ohio State Fan
Columbus, Ohio
Member since Aug 2009
7212 posts

re: College Basketball Mid Major Sleepers?Posted by Buckeye Backer on 2/15/21 at 11:45 am to Magnus
NCAA Statement
The NCAA just announced that they are leaving it up to the conferences whether or not the regular season champion or the conference tournament champion represents their conference in the NCAA? If that's the case, i would suspect that many of the mid majors will take their regular season champ. One could argue that the conference tournament champion auto-bid into the NCAA tournament has hurt the mid majors success in the NCAA tournament. Nothing like a deserving (27-5) regular season conference champion losing to a (15-17) team that got hot for a few games.

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Magnus
Oregon State Fan
San Diego
Member since Sep 2019
277 posts

re: College Basketball Mid Major Sleepers?Posted by Magnus on 2/15/21 at 12:01 pm to Buckeye Backer
dang, that's a game changer...i def can see a team like belmont bypassing the tourny rather than risk losing to tennessee state in the finals

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nerdmachine
Missouri Fan
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2019
173 posts

re: College Basketball Mid Major Sleepers?Posted by nerdmachine on 2/15/21 at 12:24 pm to Buckeye Backer
I have always believed that the regular season champion of a conference should get the autobid. That’s the most deserving team and they proved it all season long. I understand the conference tournament argument, it gives teams a reason to keep trying the entire season, but when one team gets hot and it causes the league’s team with an actual opportunity to win a an NCAA tournament game or two to miss out I think it basically degrades the meaning of the regular season

re: College Basketball Mid Major Sleepers?Posted by BZ504 on 2/15/21 at 12:26 pm to Buckeye Backer
Most conferences may not even have a tournament with Covid still going on.

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