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…is announced.

The jockeying for position and entrance into the NCAA tournament this year has been epic. Having so many bubble teams from large conferences will do that. Not to mention the fact that the top seeds behind North Carolina and likely Pitt are so unsettled. Time for one last spin around the bracket guessers before it all gets locked in tomorrow evening:

—Joe Lunardi says the A-10 has shortened the bubble, as the winner of the Duquense/Temple final will join Xavier and Dayton in making it a three bid league. Ouch.

—Who should bubble teams (Creighton, Minnesota, Penn State and Providence to name a few) be rooting for today? Memphis (or else C-USA becomes a two bid league), Utah State over Nevada in the WAC, Missouri over Baylor in the Big 12 (Baylor had lost 10 of 12 before their rather improbable run in the conference tourney was launched), among others.

—Bracketology

—si.com’s Bubble Watch update notes that the SEC may only be a two-bid league (LSU and Tennessee) despite Kentucky being a 20-win team after UK’s loss to LSU in the conference quarterfinals. They’ve also still got Maryland on the outside looking in and needing to beat Duke to dance.

—Jerry Palm’s guess on cbssports.com

—Best reading out there? In my view, Gary Parrish’s wrap-up of Friday and look ahead to Saturday in his Gettin’ In series on cbssports.com, including this note on the Terps:

Maryland was out of Jerry Palm’s Friday morning bracket, which wasn’t good for Gary Williams’ long-term career plans. But a 75-64 victory over Wake Forest in the ACC tournament quarterfinals might’ve fixed that problem, because the Terrapins now have wins over North Carolina, Michigan State and Wake Forest — i.e., a pair of possible No. 1 seeds and another likely top-four seed — to help offset a questionable 13-12 record against the top 200 of the RPI.

What a bizarre resume. A win over Duke would likely settle the question for them.

Full day of games today, with tournament impacts all over the place. Enjoy. Plenty of chatter in the Swamp, drop by with a thought or two.