The bubble shrank significantly on Saturday.
Conference tournament chaos reigned as teams like New Mexico, Oregon, NC State, UAB and Temple scored crucial victories for their NCAA tournament hopes. The Lobos won the Mountain West tournament over San Diego State — a team safely in the field — to clinch their first tournament berth since 2014. Had New Mexico lost to the Aztecs, it would have barely made the field of 68 if it made it at all.
NC State took down in-state rival North Carolina to sneak into the NCAA tournament field.