Bubble drama became a major storyline entering the 2024 NCAA tournament. This year’s bubble situation was stacked with comparable resumes and complicated conference tournament developments. The unpredictable weekend altered so many dreams and changed a great deal of travel plans.
Five bid thieves: New Mexico, Duquesne, UAB, Oregon and N.C. State became agents of chaos to the NCAA tournament committee’s plans. Suddenly, there was a major crunch for at-large bids. The five bid thieves winning auto bids essentially erased an entire seed line of at-large teams and made for a long weekend for teams on the bubble.
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