Bubble action last night --

Georgia Tech suffered a bad loss to lowly Clemson. That is the sort of loss that will knock you right out of the tournament.

Purdue, as expected, fell to Ohio State. Coach Curry believes that a win on Sunday will be enough. "If we win over Wisconsin to go 9-7 in this league, that should get us in. So, yes, I'm politicking the (NCAA selection) committee."

Iowa beat Illinios badly. I think we can now officially say that Illinois is not even on the bubble. Iowa Coach Bluder started her campaigning last night. "The naysayers will have the last word, but I think we looked like an NCAA Tournament team tonight, and if we win two more, I think we'll be there," she said.

In the SEC, losses for Mississippi State and Arkansas probably ended their hope. Florida and Mississippi also fell but are still alive. Auburn helped its chances with a win. The Tigers have one game left to reach .500, and as coach Fortner says, "No SEC team that has finished the season .500 in the league has failed to make the NCAA Tournament."

Stanford throttled Oregon, avenging its only conference loss. Kraayeveld scored 0 points. Oregon is now one of four teams tied in the Pac-10 with an 11-6 conference record.

In the Colonial, both ODU and Delaware won. Both have two conference losses and RPIs in the 40s or 50s.

Utah beat BYU. The Salt Lake Trib reports that the Cougars "short-circuited their own comeback attempt with an ill-advised shot that could have cut an 18-point lead to five." Must have been some shot. Both have two losses in the MWC.

In the WAC, Rice, SMU, and Tulsa all won.

George Washington beat Duquesne.