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This was just updated on Bubble Watch on ESPN...
"Mississippi State [21-11 (8-8), RPI: 62, SOS: 76] It's almost like the Bulldogs don't want to make the tournament. What other conclusion can we draw? Clearly, this team is more talented than its record in its last eight games, which, after a loss to those other Bulldogs in the first round of the SEC tournament Thursday, is now 2-6. That stretch has included two losses to Georgia, one to LSU and one to Auburn, with understandable losses to Kentucky and Alabama. Something's obviously dysfunctional here. But what about the actual resume? It doesn't look much better. The RPI is prohibitively high, the SOS figure doesn't do much, and a 200ish nonconference schedule looks bad, especially considering MSU's best wins are at Vanderbilt and vs. West Virginia and Alabama. For much of the bubble season, throughout this collapse, the Bulldogs looked like they could hold on if only because of those wins. But taken together with the rest of this profile -- and with no chances to get a win now, obviously -- the Watch isn't so sure this team should make the tournament after all."
"Mississippi State [21-11 (8-8), RPI: 62, SOS: 76] It's almost like the Bulldogs don't want to make the tournament. What other conclusion can we draw? Clearly, this team is more talented than its record in its last eight games, which, after a loss to those other Bulldogs in the first round of the SEC tournament Thursday, is now 2-6. That stretch has included two losses to Georgia, one to LSU and one to Auburn, with understandable losses to Kentucky and Alabama. Something's obviously dysfunctional here. But what about the actual resume? It doesn't look much better. The RPI is prohibitively high, the SOS figure doesn't do much, and a 200ish nonconference schedule looks bad, especially considering MSU's best wins are at Vanderbilt and vs. West Virginia and Alabama. For much of the bubble season, throughout this collapse, the Bulldogs looked like they could hold on if only because of those wins. But taken together with the rest of this profile -- and with no chances to get a win now, obviously -- the Watch isn't so sure this team should make the tournament after all."
