2/18 recap

Signature wins:
Xavier 59, @Cincinnati 57 - grabbing a quality road win eases a lot of bubble tension for X.  Cincy?  Welcome to the bubble.  A 1-bid AAC is in play now
Davidson 65, @George Washington 63 - big, big win for Davidson, because they're passing A-10 bubble teams right now and are getting into play.  GWU is dead
@Duke 92, North Carolina 90 (OT)
Iowa St 70, @Oklahoma St 65 - road win!

Catastrophic losses:
@Syracuse 69, Louisville 59 - UL has probably lost its grip on the 3 line for good, perhaps
@Rhode Island 75, UMass 59 - it was maybe a big ask, but UMass needed that big road win to really have a chance on the bubble.  Now it's URI with the chance down the stretch
@TCU 69, Kansas St 55 - for those who thought K-State was still in play
@Arizona St 68, UCLA 66 - sigh

Holding serve:
Wisconsin 55, @Penn St 47
@Tulsa 69, East Carolina 58
@Miami 76, Virginia Tech 52
Northern Iowa 58, @Loyola(Chi) 39
@Arkansas 84, Missouri 69 - welcome to the lockbox, Arkansas
@Providence 84, DePaul 57
@Colorado St 81, Fresno St 73 - can't call it a signature win, but this is a nice result
Boise St 53, @UNLV 48
@Oregon 73, Colorado 60

NIT bubble watch:
@Florida 50, Vanderbilt 47
@LaSalle 87, Duquesne 72
Richmond 71, @St Bonaventure 56
@Missouri St 60, Indiana St 56
@Florida St 69, Boston College 60
Illinois St 60, Bradley 47
Northwestern 72, @Minnesota 66

Miscellany:
- In the MAC, a horrible home loss by Bowling Green, to Miami(OH).  In the east, Kent St pulls even with them at 9-4.  Akron is a game back because they lost at home to Toledo.  Toledo is now joint leader at 9-4 in the west with Central Michigan.
- In the Big South, it's now High Point and Charleston Southern on 11-4.  1 back are Coastal Carolina, Radford, and Winthrop.  UNC-Asheville is 2 back and Gardner-Webb has lost the draft and is 3 back.  Sadly, the path to a 7-way tie appears to be dead
- In A-East, Vermont lost, falling 2 back of Albany with 3 to go
- In the Colonial, Northeastern beats William & Mary at home.  With a James Madison win, those 3 schools are now joint 2nd on 10-5, 1/2 game back of UNCW
- In the Horizon, Green Bay wins to stay one back of Valpo