The day has arrived. A Gophers team that's been up-and-down all season with great wins and devastating losses will find out if its done enough to earn a berth in the NCAA Tournament for the second-consecutive year.
This year's bubble, which the Gophers are planted firmly on, is pretty crowded with a plethora of similar teams.
Here is a quick snapshot of the Gophers tournament resume (Minnesota currently sits in ESPN Bracketologist Joe Lunardi's First Four Out of the NCAAs):
That whole thing can look like a bunch of random numbers without comparing them to the resumes of other bubble squads.
So here are resumes of every team seeking an at-large bid that Lunardi has as a No. 9 seed in his current projected field (as of Saturday night), all the way through his eighth team out of the tournament.
*RPI and SOS stats are from Live-RPI.com, while road/neutral and vs. RPI Top 50 records are from CBSSports.com. All numbers are up-to-date as of Sunday morning at 2 a.m.
Teams currently in Lunardi's projected field:
It's likely 14 of the above 22 teams will earn a berth in this year's NCAA Tournament. Will Minnesota be one of the lucky 14? Find out during the NCAA Tournament Selection Show on Sunday at 5 p.m. CT on CBS.
