Things are getting interesting...!

Penn State wins the Big Te-zzz...zzzz... - I actually wrote that headline four months ago, saved it until now.

Hey, how 'bout that undefeated conference record! - Albany (10-0), NDSU (18-0), and Furman (16-0) came through their regular season conference schedules unblemished. And all they got was the #1 seed in their conference tournament, which bounced them.

Yea, conference tournaments...?

Cleveland State and Fairfield are also really, really second-guessing this whole conference-tournament-thing.

Bubbles! - On the other hand, Binghamton (5-5 in conference), IPFW (11-7), Niagara (14-4), College of Charleston (12-4), and UW-Milwaukee (10-6) are quite alright with conference tournaments.

Bubbles intact? - Notre Dame, on the other hand, may hate their conference tournament, but Debbie's Downers should be AOK for an at-large.

Tiny bubbles - Saint Louis's bubble should be in little danger of bursting after losing to Dayton in a 5-game rhubarb, seeing as they're in the top 25. Although Wade Benson may have a cautionary tale for them.

Oregon laughs at your bubbles - Lose to Beavers, then lose to Arizona, then beat Cal and Stanford, then lose to UCLA and USC, then lose to Arizona, Stanford, Cal, USC, then, just to top it all off, beat UCLA. Seriously.