Daily Bubble Talk - Tuesday

Tony Skinn punched his team in the gut by doing exactly that to a Hofstra player: His one game suspension (from a potential NCAA 1st round game) and the unsportsman-like act are like to weigh heavily on the Selection Committee and probably cost his team an NCAA bid. Another senior not thinking with his head. NIT! NIT! NIT!

Despite their loss, Hofstra is now clearly ahead of George Mason on the bubble. Beating them twice in the last few years helps and T. Skinn's unsportsman-like contact won't get G. Mason any favors from the Selection cmte.

The other senior screwing up is Hot Sauce (Arizona's Hassan Adams). His DUI is costing him the Pac10 tourney, and his absence will likely put Arizona back on the bubble. But there is plenty of coachable talent on the bench with Dillon, Onobun and Brillmaier being able to play without costing the team with bad shots or silly turnovers. I wouldn't be surprised if Arizona plays better without Hot Sauce.

The bubble teams were excited last night as LMU's Knight missed a last second layup that would have taken an at-large bid off the board. Why did he miss the layup? Because he was afraid of a spectacular block by Gonzaga's Knight. Knight's spectacular blocks in the WCC tourney likely caused LMU's Knight to miss the bunny!

St Peters is now thinking NIT. Kee Kee Clark, the #6 all time scorer may help his team get an NIT bid, as they would be an interesting NIT cinderalla story and could help fill up some arenas.

I am glad the professional bracketologist is tackling the NIT. Here is a snapshot by Joe Lunardi.