he felt his team was cheated by the officiating<\/a>. The bright spot for Auburn is that it has games against Ole Miss and LSU remaining before finishing the regular season at Alabama. The Rebels and Tigers from Baton Rouge have a combined conference record of 5-23. But given the way the Auburn Tigers are playing right now, is either game a gimme?<\/p>\nRemaining games<\/p>\n
Feb. 28: vs. Ole Miss (11-17)<\/p>\n
March 7: at No. 17 Alabama (21-7)<\/p>\n
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The Longhorns lost 84-71 at home to No. 7 Florida on Wednesday night; an upset win would have been a massive boon for their tournament hopes. Instead, Texas is now 8-7 in the SEC and needs to get one win over its next three games to guarantee a .500 finish in league play.<\/p>\n
The loss to Florida came after a loss to Georgia; before that, Texas had reeled off a five-game win streak. However, four of those wins came against the four teams at the bottom of the SEC standings. The other victory? A road win at Missouri. Given the way the Tigers are playing, that could be the win that gets Texas in the tournament.<\/p>\n
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Remaining games<\/p>\n
Feb. 28: at Texas A&M (19-9)<\/p>\n
March 4: at No. 20 Arkansas (21-7)<\/p>\n
March 7: vs. Oklahoma (14-14)<\/p>\n
The Horned Frogs are above .500 in Big 12 play after a 90-78 home win over Arizona State on Tuesday. It was TCU\u2019s fifth win in its past six games as the Frogs have surged into the NCAA tournament picture after a four-game losing streak at the start of conference play.<\/p>\n
Granted, three of those losses came to Kansas, Arizona and BYU with a healthy Richie Saunders. Now TCU has a real chance to get to 10-8 in Big 12 play and have a bye in the Big 12 tournament. That conference record coupled with a Big 12 tourney win should be enough to make the field.<\/p>\n
Remaining games<\/p>\n
Feb. 28: at Kansas State (11-17)<\/p>\n
March 3: at No. 16 Texas Tech (21-7)<\/p>\n
March 7: vs. Cincinnati (15-13)<\/p>\n
Are the Buckeyes\u2019 tournament hopes fading fast? Ohio State lost 74-57 to Iowa on Wednesday night to fall to 9-8 in the Big Ten. It\u2019s Ohio State\u2019s third loss in the past four games and the Buckeyes have not won more than two consecutive games since starting the season 6-0.<\/p>\n
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Ohio State does have the benefit of being in the top 40 in KenPom\u2019s rankings at No. 39. That\u2019s eight spots behind Texas and two behind Auburn. Plus it\u2019s 12 spots ahead of Missouri. But the Buckeyes may need a couple of wins in the Big Ten tournament to really feel good about their chances of making the big dance.<\/p>\n
Remaining games<\/p>\n
March 1: vs. No. 8 Purdue (22-5)<\/p>\n
March 4: at Penn State (11-17)<\/p>\n
March 7: vs. Indiana (17-11)<\/p>\n
The Trojans are really scuffling as they fade away from the NCAA tournament picture. USC lost its fourth straight game on Tuesday night in an 81-62 blowout loss at UCLA. That streak has included a loss to fellow bubble team Ohio State, a 36-point home defeat to Illinois and a home loss to an Oregon team that\u2019s one of the worst in the Big Ten. A win over No. 12 Nebraska on Saturday may be imperative to keep the Trojans\u2019 hopes alive barring a big run in the Big Ten tournament.<\/p>\n
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Remaining games<\/p>\n
Feb. 28: vs. No. 12 Nebraska (24-4)<\/p>\n
March 4: at Washington (14-14)<\/p>\n
The Broncos\u2019 chances of getting the No. 2 seed in the West Coast Conference tournament disappeared on Wednesday night with an 86-67 loss at Saint Mary\u2019s. Santa Clara is now a game back of Saint Mary\u2019s and two games back of Gonzaga with one game to play.<\/p>\n
Santa Clara has perhaps the easiest path to an automatic bid via a conference tournament win of any team in this group. But (likely) beating both Saint Mary\u2019s and Gonzaga to win the WCC title after going 1-3 against them in the regular season is a big ask. A win over the Gaels in the WCC semifinals, however, may be a must to guarantee a spot in the tournament.<\/p>\n
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Feb. 28: vs. Oregon State (16-14)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We are merely days away from March and all the madness that comes with it. Which teams still…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171192,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[56710,123,125,124,142,10154,10783,81442,25011,32235,81443],"class_list":["post-171191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-conference-play","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-ncaa","tag-ohio","tag-ohio-state","tag-remaining-games","tag-the-tigers","tag-tournament","tag-undefeated-team"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}